Hi,
I try just something very ugly and it works:
> > 1. x/:i syntax can get but not set values in a block... why?
> >
> >Script started on Mon Nov 29 14:07:07 1999
> >l
> >>> x: [ "this" "is" "a" "test" ]
> >== ["this" "is" "a" "test"]
> >>> i: 3
> >== 3
> >>> x/:i
> >== "a"
> >
> >>> ; but all attempts to set x/:i seem to fail
> >
> >>> x/:i: "the"
> >** Syntax Error: Invalid word -- :i:.
> >** Where: (line 1) x/:i: "the"
>> do rejoin compose [ "x/"(:i)": " "{the}"]
== ["this" "is" "the" "test"]
>>
(I know, it's ugly :-).
Jan
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Jan Strejcek
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