On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:31:15 +1300, Carl Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Premshree, > > On Wednesday, 29-December-2004 at 3:18:10 Premshree wrote, > > >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:16:14 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > >> > >> Premshree: > >> > >> > I'm trying to write a function that accepts a key as an argument, and > >> > then returns the corresponding value. > >> > >> You might be better off with the keys as strings rather than words: > >> > >> hsh: make hash! ["a" [1 2] "b" [3 4]] > >> > >> The code hardly needs a function: > >> > >> select hsh "b" > >> == [3 4] > > > >Ah, I din't know of the existence of a select. :-| > > Incidentally, if you did use words as your keys (as apposed to strings), you > wouldn't even need SELECT... > > >> hsh: make hash! [a [1 2] b [3 4]] > == make hash! [a [1 2] b [3 4]] > >> hsh/a > == [1 2] > >> hsh/b > == [3 4] > >> hsh/b/1 > == 3 > >> hsh/b/2 > == 4 > >> of: 'a no: 1 > == 1 > >> hsh/:of/:no > == 1 > >> of: 'b no: 2 > == 2 > >> hsh/:of/:no > == 4
This was what I was using initially. But I need to use this within a function, and the key is taken as an argument, so I cannot use this method. Or can I? > > I'm not sure why Sunanda suggested using strings, but I'm sure there's a good > reason - possibly because of the limit to the number of words allowed in > REBOL. Or perhaps for speed reasons. Sunanda? > > -- Carl Read. > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/04 > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request > at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- Premshree Pillai http://www.livejournal.com/~premshree -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
