>This is pretty neat stuff.
Thanks.
>Are you aware of Python splicing? See section 3.1.2 in > http://www.python.org/doc/tut/node5.html
No, I wasn't, but it appears to be a similiar idea. My notation is admitedly a little strange but I wanted to stay compatible with the current precision definition.
>The question on my mind is what do you do when the splice is out of bounds?
If a right counting (positive) index is out of bounds, it defaults to the before the first element.
If a left counting (negative) index is out of bounds, it defaults to the after the last element.
If the precision defines a range where the start is after the end it defaults to the whole string.
>For string "a"
>what is {2}, {-1}, {3,2}, {-3, -4}
a, the empty string, the empty string, the empty string
> What does {2, -4} mean?
The substring string starting from 2nd element from the right and ending before the 4th element from the left;
so for a.b.c.d that would give c.d
>BTW, thanks for your contribution. Regards, Ceki
My pleasure. Please let me know if you want it modified.
James
