Re: [Phix Tutorial] Basic Sequence Actions

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euphoric said...
_tom said...

To assign an atom to an empty gap is futile-- nothing happens.

Why? That seems arbitrary.

It is (at least) logically consistent:

string s = "abcde" 
s[2..4] = '3' -- s is "a333e" (3 elements replaced) 
s[2..3] = '2' -- s is "a223e" (2 elements replaced) 
s[2..2] = '1' -- s is "a123e" (1 element replaced) 
s[2..1] = '0' -- s is "a123e" (0 elements replaced) 
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