[REBOL] Re: Same block, different formats
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 13-Oct-2001 22:11
Hi, Donald,
Donald Dalley wrote:
> I have REBOL read a directory, to get a block of file names. I want
> to make two different uses of that file list.
>
...
> When the block is written to a file and that file is read with a
> text reader or editor, though, the names are one long, continuous
> string. This format is obviously useless to me.
>
> "AAAAACAAPLABCABFABGXABIABKABSABTABXACKACV..."
>
> Why, and what can I do to ensure that the written block is space
> separated? The only difference is in how the block is presented.
> In both cases, the block is the same block.
>
This works for me.
>> foo: read %./
== [%ArchVision.doc %Combined Vision.doc %Future Vision.doc
%Combined Vision1a.doc %allstate1.xls %expen...
>> write/lines/with %tempkill.foo foo "^/"
The effect is to place each file name on a separate line, which
takes care of ambiguities if the file names contain embedded
spaces.
-jn-
--
; sub REBOL {}; sub head ($) {@_[0]}
REBOL []
# despam: func [e] [replace replace/all e ":" "." "#" "@"]
; sub despam {my ($e) = @_; $e =~ tr/:#/.@/; return "\n$e"}
print head reverse despam "moc:xedef#yleen:leoj" ;
