[REBOL] Re: replace
From: ryan:christiansen:intellisol at: 26-Jun-2001 14:21
I was trying to use 'try on a block containing a 'replace statement and
couldn't understand why it would not return an error when trying to replace
a string that doesn't exist. I guess 'replace simply doesn't error out. Why
not? I think it should.
-Ryan
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06/26/2001
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Are you are referring to the fact that the string you specified to
replace, "fabulous", is not in the main string "foobar"? Or that you are
trying to replace a string with itself?
In the first case, no search/replace tool I've used has complained (esp
given an error) that zero replaces were made.
- Michael Jelinek
Please help me to understand 'replace. Why doesn't the following return an
error?
>> a: "foobar"
== "foobar"
>> c: "fabulous"
== "fabulous"
>> replace a c c
== "foobar"
>>
-Ryan