From: David R. <da...@sa...> - 2007-06-13 13:18:30
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But wouldn't it be better to hash out exactly it should work on here before we open an RFE? Thanks, David Ruggles CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. (910) 285-7200 da...@sa... -----Original Message----- From: oor...@li... [mailto:oor...@li...] On Behalf Of Rick McGuire Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:13 AM To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Assignment operators Of course, I should point out that things like this are more likely to be implemented if somebody actually opens an RFE requesting it.... Rick On 6/13/07, Lee Peedin <le...@sa...> wrote: Well, I can assure you that even though David & I work in the same office, we hadn't discussed this before he sent his message; however, Matt & I were, in fact, discussing it on Monday. How about something like this: astring = 'Hello' avar = 5 astring &= 'World' --> Hello World astring &== 'World --> HelloWorld avar += 2 --> 7 avar -= 2 --> 3 avar *= 2 --> 10 avar \\= --> 2.5 avar **= --> 25 Just my 2 cents. Lee Rick McGuire wrote: > I've considered the possibility of adding constructs like +=, etc., and > I think it can be easily done. However, don't get your hopes up that > "+=" might be used for concatenate. The definition of something like > > a += b > > would be > > a = a + b > > which would be addition, not concatenation. And since Rexx strings are > used for both numbers and string values, the definition of "+" can't > easily be converted to concatenate. > > Rick > > On 6/12/07, *David Ruggles* < <mailto:da...@sa...> da...@sa... > <mailto:da...@sa...>> wrote: > > I'm ducking even as I write this. :) > > I apologize if this request violates the very tenets of Rexx, but > here goes: > > Would it be within the scope of the Rexx Language to in include a += > string > concatenate? > > So instead of writing: > String = string 'more string stuff' > You could do: > String += 'more string stuff' > > Thanks, > > David Ruggles > CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ > Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. > (910) 285-7200 da...@sa... <mailto:da...@sa...> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > <http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/> > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > <mailto:Oor...@li... <mailto:Oor...@li...> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oor...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel> |