Hi Joel,

>         s: make string! 0
>         foreach file dir [
>             append s file
>             while [((length? s) // max) <> 0] [append s " "]
>             if (length? s) > 60 [
>                 print s
>                 clear s
>             ]
>         ]
>         if length? s [print s]
>     ]


> Notice the last line -- I have no clue what it means in REBOL to
> use an integer-valued expression as the condition of IF.  I tried
> some small experiments, and in every case IF treated an integer
> as TRUE (including zero and negative values).  I then tried
> variations on a string value FOO in the phrase IF LENGTH? FOO ...
> and always got the equivalent of TRUE, regardless of its length.
> (The only exception was when FOO was UNSET, in which case I got
> an error...)

>From Core 3-23 about 'if:

"The condition is normally an expression that evaluates to true or false;
however,
other values can also be supplied. Only a false or a none value prevents the
block
from being evaluated. All other values (including zero) are treated as true,
and
cause the block to be evaluated."

> Any suggestions on why the above wasn't written simply as
>
>     PRINT S

If 's would be empty, it would print a newline.

---
Ciao
Romano


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