[REBOL] Re: make string!
From: ryan:christiansen:intellisol at: 27-Jun-2001 8:21
I had to slap the side of my head. I should've known the answer to this
one.
-Ryan
Holger Kruse
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 05:02:59PM -0500, [ryan--christiansen--intellisol--com]
wrote:
> Try as I might, I am unable to make an integer! value into a string!
value,
> EXCEPT when I use 'append to append the integer! value to a string!
value.
> Why can 'append take care of changing the datatype while make string!
> cannot? For example:
>
> >> a: 2
> == 2
> >> b: make string! a
> == ""
make string! 2
allocates an empty string of length 2, i.e. a string that has enough
pre-allocated
space to hold two characters without any performance penalty. It does not
convert the number 2 to a string.
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Holger Kruse
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