[REBOL] Re: RANDOM's & PICK's args
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 21-Jan-2002 9:49
The 'forall loop is perfect for such instances.
--Ryan
Charles wrote:
> I think I'm late on this list, but herein lies a question I need
> answered, too.
>
> > I was thinking that removing each string from balls, when picked, would
> > ensure that there were no duplicates, but I haven't tried yet. CLEAR,
> CHANGE
> > & REMOVE are like using a chainsaw, therefore I presume REPLACE is needed
> to
> > delete just one element from a series/block. How can REPLACE be used to
> not
> > leave a blank string in the block, so that it can't be picked? This would
> > also affect RANDOM's range the way I am using it.
> My problem, usually, has been that when using a for loop on a series
> which gets altered, the loop fails to access the altered series/block, but
> continues to use the original. How do I go around this? (Ie, if I have [a
> b c d] and I run a for loop through it, when the loop reaches c, I want to
> append [e f g] to the block, and continue running the loop through e f g...)
> Does this make sense? Thanks everyone.
>
> --Charles
>
> >
> > Any help/ideas will be appreciated.
> >
> > Donald Dalley
> >
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