[REBOL] getting rid of empty string in a block.
From: p0665393:magellan:umontreal:ca at: 13-Mar-2002 11:39
Hi all,
I want to sort a file by line alphabetic order. It appears it works at once as I
write an idea ! Rebol is great !
str: copy []
foreach l (sort read/lines %my-file) [append str join l "^/"]
But I haven't thought of blank line which are empty string in the sort
read/lines resulting block.
I try using the string length. But I don't understand the following evaluations
:
>> t: ["" "" "one" "two"]
>> foreach i t [print length? i]
0
0
3
3
>> foreach i t [if length? i [print i]]
one
two
>> foreach i t [if length? i <> 0 [print i]]
** Script Error: length? expected series argument of type: series port tuple
struct
** Near: if length? i <> 0
>> foreach i t [if (length? to-string i <> 0) [print i]]
one
two
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What would be the best solution to get rid of the empty strings ? (or of any
empty values of a block, be they string or of any type? Could you give me a
pointer to the explanation of this in the official doc ?
Many thanks,
Best regards
Stephane
