[REBOL] Re: find/last/part behaviour
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 23-Dec-2002 20:42
Hi Anton, Hallvard,
Hallvard Ystad wrote:
>I've been checking file extensions like this:
>
>found? find skip tail filename -4 ".ext"
>found? find skip tail filename -3 ".gz"
>found? find skip tail filename -7 ".tar.gz"
>
>.. so as usual, there is a multitude of ways to do things. I like your way better, Anton,
because it doesn't require a specification of how many characters to check (whereas I
have to change the number of 'skip each time).
>
And yet another way
parse filename[thru ".ext"] ;)
>Merry X-mas, everyone.
>
>~H
>
>Dixit Anton (04.11 22.12.2002):
>
>>I usually use this to check the extension of a filename
>>etc.:
>>
>> "" = find/last/tail "01234" "234"
>> ;== true
>>
Anton, eventually
>> find/last/tail "0123456" "234"
== "56"
>>
[snip]
-volker