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Re: question on func equal_from

• Posted by jacques deschênes <desja at globetrot??r.net> Jul 26, 2007
• 854 views

equal_from() seem pointless to me as one can do, as you mention in your own
message:

r = match(x,s)=i -- no exertal perenthesis needed

regards,
jacques deschênes


Salix wrote:
> 
> Would 
> }}}
<eucode>
> r=equal_from(x,s,i)
> </eucode>
{{{

> be the same as
> }}}
<eucode>
> r=(match(x,s)=i)
> </eucode>
{{{

> but faster and 
> the same as 
> }}}
<eucode>
> if i>=1 and length(s)>i+length(x)-1 then
> r=equal[x,s[i..i+length(x)-1]]
> else
> r=0
> end if
> </eucode>
{{{

> but simplier?
> 
> Why hasn't this also been implemented if we have match_from and find_from?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Salix