OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria 2.5

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Jul 29, 2004
• 881 views

Igor Kachan wrote:

>> From: Juergen Luethje
>> Sent: 28 jul 2004 y. 23:39
>>
>> Igor Kachan wrote:
>>
>>> CK Lester wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Igor, your version of s[length(s)] doesn't
>>>> quite work perfectly...
>>>>
>>>> Run this:
>>>> -- start of code
>>>> include get.e
>>>>
>>>> sequence junk
>>>>
>>>> integer A_
>>>> type sequence_with_length_A(sequence a)
>>>>   A_= length(a)
>>>>   return sequence(a)
>>>> end type
>>>>
>>>> sequence_with_length_A A_A, A_B, A_C
>>>>
>>>> A_A = "Hello"
>>>> A_B = "World"
>>>> A_C = "Goodbye!"
>>>>
>>>> ?A_A[A_]
>>>> ?A_B[A_]
>>>> ?A_C[A_]
>>>>
>>>> --end of code
>>>
>>> He - he, CK, this version above is yours one,
>>> it doesn't quite work perfectly...
>>>
>>>> Sure, you could define B_ and C_,
>>>
>>> Yes, good, this is my version ...
>>
>> How should B_ and C_ be defined, and how
>>  should the appropriate value
>> be assigned to B_ and C_?
>> Will you define a separate type for each sequence?
>>
>> <snip>
>
> Yes,  a separate type for each sequence.
>
> }}}
<eucode>
> integer B_
> type sequence_with_length_B()
> ...
> end type
>
> integer C_
> type sequence_with_length_C()
> ...
> end type
>
> integer D_
> type sequence_with_length_D()
> ...
> end type
> </eucode>
{{{


And what is the advantage compared to conventional Euphoria programming
style, i.e. not using all those types, but using 'length(A_A)',
'length(A_B)' etc. directly?

Regards,
   Juergen