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Re: Including Files

• Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com> Dec 01, 2006
• 761 views

Chris Bensler wrote:
> 
> cklester wrote:
> > I'd like to be able to include files using a variable. For example:
> > 
> > sequence s
> > s = dir("plugins")
> > for t=1 to length(s) do
> >    if not find(s,{".",".."}) then
> >        include s[t]
> >    end if
> > end for
> 
> That is not a very easy thing to do. Doing so would require changing how Eu
> processes code.

I don't see how

   include smith.e

is that much more complicated than

   include "smith.e"

or

   sequence smith
   smith = "smith.e"

   include smith

> The idea is to include an empty, dummy/placeholder file in your application
> just after the branch. Write an import() routine that accepts an include 
> filename.
> In the routine, copy the contents of the specified file into the dummy file.

Yeah, that might work. I'll think it over and get back to ya. :)

-=ck
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