On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote:
> On 10/02/2014 17:51, Devin Asay wrote: >> Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: >> >> pad <container> with <string> at beginning|end|<chunk description> [for] N >> [times] >> >> So, >> >> pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times >> >> pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times >> >> pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo >> >> > While I like the general idea, I don't think that's the *most* LC-like syntax. > I don't see any need to invent a new verb "pad"; why not simply something like > > put <value> [for N times] <chunk description> > or > put [N copies of] <value> <chunk description> > > Thus > put "hello" into myVar > put "xyz" for 2 times after char 3 of myVar --> helxyzxyzlo > or perhaps > put 2 copies of "xyz" after char 3 of myVar > > Or indeed > put "abc" & 4 copies of " " & "def" into newVar > to give a value of "abc def" I like your suggestion, Alex. It makes sense to simply add capability to an existing command. I wonder whether the open language model will make it easy to support syntax enhancements like this? Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
