[REBOL] another parsing problem: converting dos filenames to rebol Re:

From: jeff:rebol at: 15-Sep-2000 14:29

       -jeff

REBOL [
    Title:    "DOS-REBOL File Name Conversion Routines"
    File:     %dosbol.r
    Author:   "Terrence Brannon"
    Email:    [princepawn--yahoo--com]
    Purpose:  "Ease working with dos filename in REBOL programs"
    Category: 'file
]

dosbol: make object! [
    out:  make string! 100
    path-char: complement charset ":\/"

    rules: [
        copy char path-char ":" (out: rejoin [ "/" char ]) |
        "\" (append out "/")                               |
        copy char some path-char (append out char)
    ]
    d2r: func [
        dos-fn [string!] "takes a dos filename and converts to rebol format"
    ][
        parse dos-fn [ some rules ]
        out
    ]
]

dosbol/d2r "c:\temp\file"

== "/c/temp/file"

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