[plt-scheme] possibly silly question

(string-append "the quick brown fox" str "lazy" str2)

(and you won't believe it, string-append works for 12,345 strings,  
too. I just tried it out:

> Welcome to DrScheme, version 4.2.3.2-svn20nov2009 [3m].
> Language: Module custom; memory limit: 256 megabytes.
> #<world>
> > (define s (apply string-append (build-list 12345 (lambda _ "a"))))

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On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Charlie Smith wrote:

> string-append's fine if i want to add two stings only, but i'd like  
> to add strings inbetween other strings, for example
>
> (define str "jumps over the ")
> (define str2 "dog")
>
> "the quick brown fox" +  str + "lazy" + str2
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Robby Findler <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu 
> > wrote:
> I believe string-append is exactly what the + is doing below, tho.
> What is different?
>
> Robby
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Charlie Smith
> <charliesmith001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > i'd like to know if there is some way of adding strings (sorry, i  
> don't what
> > the correct term for this is, maybe variable interpolation?) like  
> for
> > example in ruby it would be like
> >
> > str = "sdfdsf"
> > puts "something" + str
> > output: "somethingsdsdf"
> >
> > the function string-append isn't what I want, because i would be  
> adding
> > strings somewhat arbitarily in between other strings
> >
> >
> >
> >
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