[REBOL] Re: elegant idiom anyone?
From: carl:cybercraft at: 13-Feb-2008 6:16
On Wednesday, 13-February-2008 at 14:54:29 Anton Rolls wrote,
>Hi Kai,
>
>Kai Peters wrote:
>>
>> Who has an elegant way to
>> convert
>>
>> b: [ "1" "2" "3" ]
>>
>> to
>>
>> b: [ 1 2 3 ]
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>> Kai
>
>We've been over this before, I'm sure, but anyway:
>
> >> to-block form b
>== [1 2 3]
> >> forall b [change b to-integer first b]
>== []
> >> b
>== [1 2 3]
Is there any reason you need the forall? ...
>> b: to-block form [ "1" "2" "3" ]
== [1 2 3]
>> type? b/1
== integer!
?
-- Carl Read.