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Re: subscripts (Long Post)

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> May 17, 2000
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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