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Re: Why (substring "abc" 0 4) does not return "abc" instead of an error?
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Dmitry Gutov |
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Re: Why (substring "abc" 0 4) does not return "abc" instead of an error? |
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Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:45:06 +0400 |
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Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> I read (substring "abc" 0 4) as "return the biggest substring
>> between 0 and 4" -- even if the string does not have 4 characters.
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> "Even if the string does not have 4 characters" is not even suggested
> in substring's doc.
FWIW, it's common behavior in many other programming languages.
--Dmitry
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