I say just add /tail to 'copy and 'remove Paul Tretter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg Irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PeterWAWood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:40 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Best way to remove the last character from a string? > > Peter et al, > > P> I've worked out two ways to chop-off the last character of a string. > ... > P> Can anyone suggest a less verbose, clearer and quicker way for me? > > This is a great topic for general discussion of a CHOP mezzanine! > > I'm sure a lot of us have them, and different ones for different uses. > If we can come up with a good one, then we can propose it to RT for > inclusion in REBOL. The trick is that it must be a good, flexible > function (IMO). > > Thoughts: > > Chop n items from head, tail, or both (default: tail)? > > Chop at an arbitrary position in the series, or just use > AT when you make the call? > > n can be a number other than one, but default behavior > is to chop one item? > > Should the series be copied, or altered in place? > > Return the item(s) removed, or should that be a different > function (PULL, CUT)? > > > -- Gregg > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request > at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
