[REBOL] Re: Global Variables
From: tim:johnsons-web at: 30-Oct-2001 11:16
Hi John: I have to leave my office as I write.
When I return, I will monitor the list to see whether
you have received adequate answers. (It is likely that you
will by then have received information from more experienced rebol
programmers than I... :>) )
Regards
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:12:40PM -0600, office wrote:
> Tim:
>
> I'm not sophisticated enough in REBOL to know how to articulate this. I
> have a lot of really great scripts and want to make some of the "Functions"
> usable without actually re coding the scripts. It would also be handy to
> change things like attributes in one place as well.
>
> For example, I use a REBOL script to name files with a standard sorting
> file name based on date_time sent to the directory and the names look like
> something like this:
>
> 2001_1030_Tuesday_12:49PM_.txt
>
> The code is in a function called fmt_time: in a file named fmt_time.r
>
> I would like to be able to call that routine from within any script with a
> call, ie..
>
> fmt_time cgi/2 (without adding the code into the same file)
>
> Can you give me the steps to accomplish this? Do I need to make these
> changes from the console, can they be done by running a file, will I need
> to rerun the file after booting?
>
> Thanks.. John
>
> At 08:12 AM 10/30/2001 -0900, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:00:03AM -0600, office wrote:
> > > Is it possible to write global variables or global functions and call them
> > > from other scripts?
> > >
> > > //john
> >Hello John:
> > Perhaps you mean to "import" a "library" file as in
> > do %stdlib.r
> > now 'html-newline becomes a global variable.
> > I am referring specifically to script files that
> > I (believe) I sent you.
> >
> > You may then make a global "constant" by
> > protect 'htm-newline
> >
> > Is this what you are looking for?
> >
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