[REBOL] Re: "piping" functions
From: compkarori:gmai:l at: 23-Nov-2005 2:12
butfirst: func [ series ][
copy next
]
is shorter .. so short, one wonders if it needs to be a function :)
On 11/23/05, Jean-Francois Allie <jf_allie-hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Volker,
>
> It's proof I can't see straight anymore and that I should go home.
>
> Seems to work now.
>
> butlast: func [series] [
> copy/part series (length? series) - 1]
>
> butfirst: func [series] [
> copy/part next series (length? series) - 1]
>
> >>num: [1 2 3 4]
> == [1 2 3 4]
> >>butlast num
> == [1 2 3]
> >> butfirst num
> == [2 3 4]
> >>butfirst butlast num
> == [2 3]
> >> butlast butfirst num
> == [2 3]
>
> By the way, are there more Rebolish, efficient or elegant way's to do it?
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