Ah, yes I was a bit quick there..
I should know to avoid that trap by now.
Thanks for correcting me!
Cheers,
Gisle
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Gisle
>
> Nice solution. I would like to add a small clarification. When you use
> insert/dup it places 5 references to the one instance of the series into the
> new block.
>
> >> a: head insert/dup copy [] "series" 5
> == ["series" "series" "series" "series" "series"]
>
> >> a/2/1: #"a" ;change first character of second series in block
> == "aeries"
>
> >> a
> == ["aeries" "aeries" "aeries" "aeries" "aeries"] ;They are all changed!
>
> BTW adding copy before "series" will not change the behavior because
> insert/dup only evaluates it once.
>
> If we want independent copies of the series in the new block, we need to use
> a different approach.
>
> >> b: copy [] loop 5 [append b copy "series"]
> == ["series" "series" "series" "series" "series"]
>
> >> b/2/1: #"a"
> == "aeries"
>
> >> b
> == ["series" "aeries" "series" "series" "series"] ;only second series
> changed
>
> Now they are independent.
>
> Which one you want depends on what you want to do with the block.
>
> Cheers
> -Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:52 AM
> Subject: [REBOL] shortcut? Re:
>
>
> >
> >
> > You mean like this?:
> >
> > >> a: head insert/dup copy [] "series" 5
> > == ["series" "series" "series" "series" "series"]
> >
> > Type 'help insert' to get more info.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gisle
> >
> -------snip---------
>
>
