[REBOL] Re: How to form a block containing two Rebol filenames?
From: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 17-Aug-2004 23:59
Hi John,
Sounds like you're making good progress!
JW> attachments: load/all attachfiles
JW> firstfile: to file! first attachments
JW> nextfile: to file! second attachments
Not knowing what some of your data files look like, here's something
that took me a while to learn when I started with REBOL: exploit its
datatypes and LOAD for all they're worth. In this case, that means
formatting your data in attachfiles so the values are already file!
values; that way you don't need to use "to file!" to coerce them.
Whenever I find myself using strings and then casting values to other
datatypes, I try to stop and rethink things. It's amazing what a
difference this all makes in the long run. Your data becomes more
descriptive, your code shrinks, and things read much more naturally.
As you move to handling n files, it will be a great way to learn more
about series values and functions that operate on them.
Happy REBOLing!
-- Gregg
