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Re: sleepless night & UFOs

• Posted by Lucius Hilley III <lhilley at CDC.NET> Apr 19, 1999
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Hello Jiri;

Is this what you are looking for?
function remap(sequence s, sequence in, atom value)
  return (s * 0) + value
end function

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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:32:40 +1200, Jiri Babor <J.Babor at GNS.CRI.NZ> wrote:

>Sorry, Guys,
>
>I know I should not even be here, I am supposed to be chasing
>international driving licences or packing, but I hope somebody will
>help me get over a nasty mental block. I need a fast function to
>change an arbitrary element of a sequence:
>
>    s = remap( s, { i1, i2, ...., iN }, newvalue)
>
>In other words:
>
>    s[i1][i2]...[iN] = newvalue
>
>where s is a nested sequence of an arbitrary depth, and i1, ..., iN
>are indexes of the element to be assigned the newvalue. I think it is
>possible, in fact I think I once devised a recursive formula to do
>exactly that for a version of my menus, but I just cannot find it. So,
>please, I already had one sleepless night!
>
>
>[Side note to Robert]
>Since we already have a 'nan' (not-a-number) quantity, can we have a
>similar, possibly even more useful 'thing' for general objects?
>Something like 'null', or 'NULL' or 'Null' in some hated environments,
>or 'None' in Python. 'nao' would be ok with me, but my personal
>preference is for 'ufo' (undefined-f...-object).
>
>Just one other thing: Ralf, your 'each' construct is an excellent
>idea. I also think, given plenty of time, even Gabriel will eventually
>like it. (Sorry, Gabriel, *any* sign of conservatism brings out the
>worst in me!) jiri