Topic:
notation for operations
Topic:
strings
Topic:
string operations
| |
Summary
Concatenation is a common operations for strings and lists. Underscore, spacing, dot, double exclamation mark, and pound sign have all been used for denoting concatenation. Why so many different operators? Here is the danger of notation. Unless a notation is frequently used or it matches existing conventions, notation hinders understanding while enhancing expressional conciseness. (cbb 5/80)
Subtopic: list concatenation and splitting 
| Quote: used parameter passing mechanism for concatenation and splitting of lists; list by square brackets around actual or formal parameters [»mckeRM5_1984]
|
Subtopic: string concatenate
| Quote: desired properties for strings: immutable strings, long strings, files as strings, efficient non-destructive concatenation and substring operations
| | Quote: efficient string concatenation implies data sharing and automatic garbage collection [»boehHJ12_1995]
|
Subtopic: concatenate operator
| QuoteRef: kayAC6_1968 ;;26 "# is the concatenation operator. the result is the concatenation of the two operands
| | QuoteRef: mumps ;;underscore for concatenation eg A _ B
| | QuoteRef: cbb_1973 ;;pl/n !! for concatenation
| | QuoteRef: stepPD8_1974 ;;217 concatenation of strings by '.'
|
Subtopic: space as concatenate
| Quote: syntactic metalanguage includes an explicit concatenate operator so that identifiers can include blanks [»scowRS3_1982]
| QuoteRef: sammJE_1969 ;;440 size(a) function call while size (a) is concatenation of size and (a)
|
Related Topics
Topic: notation for operations (18 items)
Topic: strings (13 items)
Topic: string operations
(20 items)
|
