[Newbies] What does the -> symbol mean?

> > < it's the - and > characters put together rather than being a > specialized glyph like the left arrow was. It creates an Association, > which is a key-value pair used in things like Dictionaries. > > If I remember correctly, any characters which can be used for binary > methods can be strung t

Re: [Newbies] What does the -> symbol mean?

On Jul 29, 2008, at 8:02 PM, Andy Burnett wrote: I can't find it in my introductory books. The content was: self entries add: aString -> aBlock Is it a bit like the underscore character being the same as := ? It's actually a binary (one-argument, infix) method, like +, =, or ==; it's the

[Newbies] What does the -> symbol mean?

I can't find it in my introductory books. The content was: self entries add: aString -> aBlock Is it a bit like the underscore character being the same as := ? thanks AB ___ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.sque