now why didn't I think of trying that...<div><br></div><div>thanks for clearing it<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Matthias Felleisen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthias@ccs.neu.edu">matthias@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br> (string-append "the quick brown fox" str "lazy" str2)<br> <br> (and you won't believe it, string-append works for 12,345 strings, too. I just tried it out:<br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Welcome to DrScheme, version 4.2.3.2-svn20nov2009 [3m].<br> Language: Module custom; memory limit: 256 megabytes.<br> #<world><br> > (define s (apply string-append (build-list 12345 (lambda _ "a"))))<br> </blockquote> <br> )<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br> On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Charlie Smith wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> string-append's fine if i want to add two stings only, but i'd like to add strings inbetween other strings, for example<br> <br> (define str "jumps over the ")<br> (define str2 "dog")<br> <br> "the quick brown fox" + str + "lazy" + str2<br> <br> <br> <br> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Robby Findler <<a href="mailto:robby@eecs.northwestern.edu" target="_blank">robby@eecs.northwestern.edu</a>> wrote:<br> I believe string-append is exactly what the + is doing below, tho.<br> What is different?<br> <br> Robby<br> <br> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Charlie Smith<br> <<a href="mailto:charliesmith001@gmail.com" target="_blank">charliesmith001@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > hi<br> ><br> > i'd like to know if there is some way of adding strings (sorry, i don't what<br> > the correct term for this is, maybe variable interpolation?) like for<br> > example in ruby it would be like<br> ><br> > str = "sdfdsf"<br> > puts "something" + str<br> > output: "somethingsdsdf"<br> ><br> > the function string-append isn't what I want, because i would be adding<br> > strings somewhat arbitarily in between other strings<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > _________________________________________________<br> > For list-related administrative tasks:<br> > <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a><br> ><br> ><br> <br> _________________________________________________<br> For list-related administrative tasks:<br> <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a><br> </blockquote> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>