On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>wrote: > >> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and >> put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable >> > > If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: > > put 30 * "a" into goop > > This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: > > put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 > put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515 > put 15 into x > put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 > put "15" into x > put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change > > Perhaps "of"? > > put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 Seems like the most LiveCode-like syntax would be something like: pad <container> with <string> at beginning|end|<chunk description> [for] N [times] So, pad myvar with space at beginning 4 times pad fld "foo" with 0 at end 10 times pad "hello" with "xyz" after char 3 for 2 times --> helxyzxyzlo Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
