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Re: String?

• Posted by StewartML <stewart at isoclass.co.uk> Jun 01, 2004
• 715 views

I think that the string type would be very useful.

It would be good if it could be implimented much like this:
string myStr
sequence mySeq

myStr = "John"
myStr = {74,111,104,110}
myStr &= get_key()
if myStr = "John" then   --this could be invaluable, I hate having to 
type equal()

mySeq = "John"  -- should still display as {74,111,104,110}

because it is declared as a string, it doesnt matter how you assign it, 
it will always be shown as a string..  By the same token,  you should 
still be able to assign double quotes to a sequence,  only it is 
displayed as integers.

if you ever see the need to output the integer values of a string, or 
vice versa, then you could just assign it to the relevant data type, or 
have a VB style CStr() or CSeq() function.

The major problem i have with sequences is the fact that you need to use 
equal() for simple strings.


StewartML,
Scotland