From: Fred Werne <fred_w@...>
Date: 2003-11-17T11:33:03+09:00
Subject: Re: array -> list

Hi Wybo

Wybo Dekker schrieb:
> 
> Is there a way to convert an array to a (parameter-)list?

Do you mean          *anArray            ?

> I often find myself doing things like:
> 
>    year,mon,day,hour,minute = ParseDate.parse(datestring)
>    printf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n",year,mon,day,hour,minute)
> 
> while it would be a lot nicer to do:
> 
>    printf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n", ParseDate.parse(datestring)

I tested the following
--------------------------------------------------- 
dateArray = [1973,11,9,11,30] 
printf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n", *dateArray)
---------------------------------------------------
It works.

I don't have a class ParseDate with a method parse, 
but if it returns an Array, I think 

printf("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n", *ParseDate.parse(datestring))
                                     ^                           ^

will work.

I hope, I understand your problem.

Regards

Fred from Wuppertal, Germany