Hello Peter I think, this is a bug.
If the semicolon is not a whitespace, then it should not create an empty element, but ";". If semicolon is treated like a whitespace, it should not create an additional element, but silently removed. AR PeterWAWood wrote: >Ammon > >Thanks for the suggestion. I've worked out that if I use parse "string" " >^-^/" I get what I was expecting. > >The real issue with parse "string" none is the empty block that it returns >when it finds " ; " in the string. It doesn't create and empty block for >"^-" or "^/". > >Regards > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Ammon Johnson >Sent: 24 May 2005 10:18 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [REBOL] Re: Parse - Bug? > > >Try... > >parse/all "string" none > >HTH!! >~~Ammon ;~> > > >On 5/23/05, PeterWAWood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>When simply splitting a string including a "stand-alone" semi-colon, >>pars= >> >> >e > > >>returned an empty block at the position of the semi-colon. It doesn't >>do this when it encounters a "stand-alone" tab or newline. >>=20 >> >> >>>>parse "this string includes a semi-colon ; <-there" none >>>> >>>> >>=3D=3D ["this" "string" "includes" "a" "semi-colon" "" "<-there"] >> >> >>>>parse "this string includes a newline ^/ <-there" none >>>> >>>> >>=3D=3D ["this" "string" "includes" "a" "newline" "<-there"] >> >> >>>>parse "this string includes a tab ^- <-there" none >>>> >>>> >>=3D=3D ["this" "string" "includes" "a" "tab" "<-there"] =20 Is this a >>bug or a feature? >>=20 >>Personally I would prefer it if "parse string none" left semi-colons >>untouched. >>=20 >>Regards >>=20 >>Peter >>=20 >>=20 >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: >>22/05/2005 =20 =20 =20 >>-- >>To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at >>rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. >>=20 >> >> >> >-- >To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with >unsubscribe as the subject. > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 22/05/2005 > > > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
