On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Kevin Downey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ref-set needs its one set of parens, and the last thing in the ref-set
> call needs to be a function either (fn [x] ...) or a symbol for a var
> that holds a function
I made a mistake here. I was thinking of alter, not ref-set.
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Brian Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Thanks Kevin, I will try using reduce instead. I would like to know what
>> I'm doing wrong with updating the ref for future reference. Thanks.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Kevin Downey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I know you are asking about refs, but you might want to think about
>>> using reduce to walk the line-seq. the nature of reduce lets you have
>>> access to the line-seq, two lines at a time no need for a ref.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Brian Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I am parsing a file and to compare the current line
>>> > with the previous line of the file. I am using line-seq
>>> > to go thru the file and I thought I would create a
>>> > ref to store the previous line. When I want to update
>>> > the previous line value I can't seem to do it. I've
>>> > never used refs before so I'm sure I'm doing something
>>> > very stupid.
>>> >
>>> > (defstruct line :lat :lon :name)
>>> >
>>> > (defn convert [file]
>>> > (let [prev-line (ref (struct line))]
>>> > (with-open [r (reader file)]
>>> > (doseq [l (line-seq r)]
>>> > (let [ps (split #"," l)
>>> > c-line (struct line (ps 0) (ps 1) (ps 2))]
>>> > (if (not= c-line @pre-line)
>>> > (do ; do stuff here then update pre-line
>>> > (dosync ref-set pre-line (apply struct line (vals
>>> > c-line)))
>>> > (println @pre-line)))))))) ; this prints out all nils
>>> > doesn't seem to work
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Sorry if this email is not formatted correctly. Something is wrong with
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>>> > currently typing in a textarea. Thanks.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
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