[REBOL] Re: parse question
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 29-Jun-2001 13:17
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> Graham Chiu
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> Subject: [REBOL] parse question
> If parse always returns a string
> eg: parse {a="b"} [ thru {a="} copy test to {"} ]
> and 'test is now a string containing "b"
>
> shouldn't
> parse {a=""} [ thru {a="} copy test to {"} ]
> 'test now be an empty string rather than type none! ?
Hi, I see the whole string "" as the definition for the empty string and there
is nothing between " and ", therefore the none! return value is OK as you read
thru the first " and up-to the next ". Robert
