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Fw: Re: subscripts (Long Post)

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> May 23, 2000
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Reposting, recieved no answer to the first one:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: 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
>