[REBOL] Re: newlines

From: joel:neely:fedex at: 8-Nov-2001 0:54

Hi, Ladislav,

Ladislav Mecir wrote:
> Hi myself,
>
> how about:
>
>     while [s: find/tail s "..."] [
>         parse s [any #"." t:]
>         s: remove/part back s t
>     ]
>

Ermmm... I don't think so.  What am I missing?

    >> s: copy packnewlines/s
    == {x......x........x.xx......xx........x......x.x....x......
    x..x.........x.x.x....x..x.........xx..............x.x.......
    ......x.....
    >>     while [s: find/tail s "..."] [
    [            parse s [any #"." t:]
    [            s: remove/part back s t
    [        ]
    == "x.."
    >>
    >> head s
    ** Script Error: head expected series argument of type:
     series port
    ** Near: head s
    >> s
    == none

-jn-

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