[REBOL] Re: Is a "series" aka an "array"
From: carl:cybercraft at: 5-Nov-2010 5:12
On Thursday, 4-Novenber-2010 at 18:59:10 Duke Normandin wrote,
>So... It seems that several REBOL data-types fall into an umbrella
>category called "series". Is there a particular reason for *categorizing*
>these data-types under the name "series"?
For one, it means routines that are written to handle series will then handle all the
types that are series. ie...
>> foreach value "abc" [print value]
a
b
c
>> foreach value [xxx yyy zzz] [print value]
xxx
yyy
zzz
>> foreach value %file.r [print value]
f
i
l
e
.
r
-- Carl Read.
