Re: List within a List
Re: List within a List
- Subject: Re: List within a List
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 22:16:35 -0800
On 3/16/01 9:46 PM, "Michelle Steiner" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 3/16/01 7:47 PM, Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> set theFirstList to {"A", "B"}
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>> set theSecondList to {"B", "C"}
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>> set newlist to theFirstList & {theSecondList}
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>> -->{"A", "B", {"B", "C"}}
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> Just don't concatenate like that too many times with the same list, or you
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> get memory stack (or is it heap?) problems.
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> set end of theFirstList to theSecondList
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> does not have these problems, although it wouldn't matter if you're just
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> doing the one operation.
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A lot depends on whether one needs to maintain the integrity both lists,
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and generate a third list, or whether it's OK to change any of the
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original lists.
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Well, in that case:
set newList to theFirstList
set end of newList to theSecondList
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Paul Berkowitz