[REBOL] Re: Newbie Q: Search and delete from a Block
From: al:bri:xtra at: 4-Oct-2002 8:51
Matt wrote:
> How do I go about searching and deleting from a block?
>
> Ex.
>
> ["hello" "there" "this" "is" "an" "Example"]
>
> I want to search for "this" and delete it to result with:
>
> ["hello" "there" "is" "an" "Example"]
>> help remove-each
USAGE:
REMOVE-EACH 'word data body
DESCRIPTION:
Removes a value from a series for each block that returns TRUE.
REMOVE-EACH is a native value.
ARGUMENTS:
word -- Word or block of words to set each time (will be local) (Type:
get-word word b
lock)
data -- The series to traverse (Type: series)
body -- Block to evaluate. Return TRUE to remove. (Type: block)
>> remove-each Item X: ["hello" "there" "this" "is" "an" "Example"] [Item this
]
== ["hello" "there" "is" "an" "Example"]
>> probe X
["hello" "there" "is" "an" "Example"]
== ["hello" "there" "is" "an" "Example"]
Andrew Martin
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