Hm. Which means I want a consistent behaviour (setting the index appropriately according to the value found) even if it looks different (one returns what looks like a part string - the other returns what looks like a part block, not a part string). Brett. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 11:45 PM Subject: [REBOL] Find/any doesn't seem to find strings in blocks.. Re:(3) > Hi Elan, > > Good question. I assumed one sort of behaviour but it is not necessarily > obvious is it? > > Having thought on it a little I think the /any refinement should be > activated for the block situation or the help/documentation changed to > indicate it will not work. My preference is for the former since we should > get those other great refinements as part of the bargin. > > I suspect that the behaviour should not be the same in both cases as the > cases are of different types. > Since Find is defined as "Finds a value in a series..." - its behaviour > should depend on the values of the series it is given. > > The values of a string are characters so Find returns us the string with the > current index of the string set appropriately - resulting in a part string. > > So, I suggest that it makes sense that the result of the find on a block > should be the block with the current index set appropriately, as it does > now, but with the /any refinement enabled to influence the matching. > > Any comments? > > Brett. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 2:44 PM > Subject: [REBOL] Find/any doesn't seem to find strings in blocks.. Re:(2) > > > > Hi etcha, > > > > > > >> help find > > [...] > > /any -- Enables the * and ? wildcards. > > [...] > > > > Case 1: > > >> string: "xdefgjkljyjkljweruiouz" > > >> find/any string "y*z" > > == "yjkljweruiouz" > > > > Case 2: > > >> block-with-string: reduce [string] > > == ["xdefgjkljyjkljweruiouz"] > > >> find/any block-with-string "y*z" > > == none > > > > Should find's behavior be the same in both cases? > > > > At 12:00 PM 8/20/00 +1000, you wrote: > > >whats wrong with: > > > > > >>> blah: "my-string" > > >== "my-string" > > >>> blah: parse blah "-" > > >== ["my" "string"] > > >>> if find blah "my" [print ["yes"]] > > >yes > > >>> > > > > > >its not what you want, but you cant search the string for something thats > > >not there, > > >eg "my*" :) > > > > > >etcha > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 11:42 AM > > >Subject: [REBOL] Find/any doesn't seem to find strings in blocks.. > > > > > > > > >>I would have expected this to work. Am I missing something? > > >> > > >> >> find/any ["my-string"] "my*" > > >> == none > > >> > > >>Brett. > > >> > > >>-- > > >>>> my-rebol-stuff > > >>== http://www.zipworld.com.au/~bhandley/rebol > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ;- Elan [ : - ) ] > > author of REBOL: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE > > REBOL Press: The Official Source for REBOL Books > > http://www.REBOLpress.com > > visit me at http://www.TechScribe.com > > > > >
