[REBOL] Re: make string!
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 26-Jun-2001 14:45
Hi, Ryan,
[ryan--christiansen--intellisol--com] wrote:
> Try as I might, I am unable to make an integer! value into a
> string! value, EXCEPT when I use 'append to append the
> integer! value to a string! value.
> Why can 'append take care of changing the datatype while make
> string! cannot? For example:
>
> >> a: 2
> == 2
> >> b: make string! a
> == ""
>
The meaning of
make string! 2
(with anything that evaluates to 2 in that last position,
*including* a word set to 2) is to ask REBOL to create a
new string with enough space "pre-allocated" to hold 2
characters before having to grab more space.
If you want to convert an integer to a string, try any of
>> a: 234 == 234
>> to-string a == "234"
>> mold a == "234"
>> form a == "234"
or the truly baroque ;-)
>> make string! reduce [a] == "234"
HTH!
-jn-
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