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000104_icon-group-sender _Mon Dec 7 16:28:29 1998.msg
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by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id QAA17520
for icon-group-addresses; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:27:42 -0700 (MST)
Message-Id: <199812072327.QAA17520@baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU>
To: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Date: 7 Dec 1998 16:41:36 -0500
From: "Nevin Liber" <nevin@eviloverlord.com>
Subject: RE: Past Keyword / Coexpr Help
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Status: RO
> The scanning mechanism I want would perhaps be called "past", as in
>
> numberchars := (&digits ++ 'e' ++ 'E' ++ '+' ++ '-' ++ '.')
> string ?
> {
> tab(past("substring"))
> result := real(tab(many(numberchars)))
> }
It has find(), and it is fairly trivial to write past() using find. Here
you go:
procedure past(s1, s2, i1, i2)
suspend find(s1, s2, i1, i2) + *s1
end
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Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nliber@aivia.com> (312) 855-1000 x199
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