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Re: another newbie question

• Posted by Ad Rienks <kwibus at DOLFIJN.NL> Aug 31, 1999
• 371 views

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian K. Broker <bkb at CNW.COM>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 3:59 AM
> Subject: Re: another newbie question
> =C2=A0
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> <snip>
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> > Can't help you here (not sure if I follow).  Rob?
> >
> > >So how do i specify to print the 2nd nested sequence?
> >
> > printf(1, "%s\n", { thisseq[nest2] } )  -- derived from your previo=
us
> > example
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> Given:
> sentword =3D {"test1",{"test2","test3"}}
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> printf(1,"%s\n", sentword[1] )
> -- prints: t
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> printf(1,"%s\n", {sentword[1]} )
> -- prints: test1
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> printf(1,"%s\n", sentword[2] )
> -- prints: test2
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> I have ordered an epiphany, and i hope it is delivered soon, so i can=
 really
> grasp exactly and fully all the implications of the preceeding and re=
vel in
> it, but for now, how do i avoid the following error msg with a test
> preceeding the print statement?
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> printf(1,"%s\n", {sentword[2]} )
> -- prints: sequence found inside character string
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> I don't know how many sequences are inside sentword[2] or how deep th=
e
> nesting may be inside sentword[2] (or inside sentword[2][3][6], etc).=
 If i
> must do extensive parsing of the {sentword} before i determine if a s=
ection
> can be printed or sliced or added to, what is the advantage to nestin=
g
> sequences? And i cannot use sequence() to test with? It seems to me i=
 need
> another sequence (or another field inside {sentword}.) to record what=
 in
> {sentword} is a sequence and what is a nested sequence.
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> sentword =3D {{1,2},"test1",{{1,1,2},"test2","test3",{{1},"test4"}}}
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> Can i trap that Eu error msg and recover from it?
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> Kat,
> foolishly trying to make it simple.
> Or is it too simple already?
>

-- kat.ex
-- shows you the levels of nesting of text sequences
-- do with it what you want
-- Ad Rienks    kwibus at dolfijn.nl

include graphics.e  -- for get_position

procedure put_position(integer level)
sequence pos
    pos =3D get_position()
    position(pos[1], 9 * (level - 1) + 1)
    puts(1, "Level: " & sprintf("%d ", level))
end procedure   -- set_position

procedure slice(sequence s, integer level)
    if sequence(s) then
        for n =3D 1 to length(s) do
            if sequence(s[n]) then
                level +=3D 1
                put_position(level)
                slice(s[n], level)
                level -=3D 1
                if level > 0 then
                    put_position(level)
                end if
            else
                text_color(BRIGHT_WHITE)
                puts(1, s[n])
                text_color(WHITE)
            end if
        end for
        puts(1, '\n')
    end if
end procedure    -- slice

sequence sentword
sentword =3D {"test1", {"test2", {"test3", "test4"}}, "test5"}

slice(sentword, 0)

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