From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2002-03-04T09:37:13+09:00
Subject: Re: string to array and back

On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 21:47:59 GMT, "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>
wrote:

>I suggest you split on a null string. Won't this work?
>
>    str = "ABC"
>    arr = str.split("")   # ["A","B","C"]

I could do that and it might be just the thing. I'm not clear how I'll get them
back together. Maybe if I build them up element at a time with << I can mostly
not worry whether I have an array or a string. I hadn't thought of converting my
strings to arrays of character, that /might/ be an interesting direction.
>
>As an aside: There is a kind of logic to the line-orientedness
>of strings, esp. when you stop to think of a file as a single
>multi-line string. I've gotten so used to it, it doesn't bother me
>anymore.

Yes, I love it normally. But each_line makes as much sense and would preserve
each to work more consistently. I think it's a lump.
>
>Much the same with the byte vs. single-char-string situation.
>I can't remember the rationale for it, though I've heard one. :)
>And again, I've just gotten used to it.

Yes, we can get used to anything. I'm not sure that's good: I think C++ came out
of that kind of thinking ... ;->

Thanks for the ideas ...

Ronald E Jeffries
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