1. Re: subscripts (Long Post)
On 17 May 2000, at 8:54, Carl R. White wrote:
Date sent: Wed, 17 May 2000 08:54:19 -0400
From: "Carl R. White" <cyrek at BIGFOOT.COM>
Subject: Re: subscripts (Long Post)
> On Wed, 17 May 2000 14:59:55 +1200, Jiri Babor
<J.Babor at GNS.CRI.NZ>
> wrote:
>
> >function fetch(object a, sequence b)
> > integer i,len
> > i = 1
> > len = length(b)
> > while i <= len do
> > a = a[b[i]]
> > i += 1
> > end while
> > return a
> >end function
>
> Carl returns as today's cheeky pedant:
>
> function fetch(sequence a, object b)
> if atom(b) then return a[b] end if
> for i = 1 to length(b) do
> a = a[b[i]] -- can't pick holes in this line 
Ok, but i don't understand how that line appends the selected
sequences together for the return. Can someone explain that to me?
Shouldn't it be something like:
returnseq = returnseq & a[b[i]]
?
> end for
> return a
> end function
Kat
