Yes, the Ford script does the same thing, but it's much more involved -- about 175 lines of code. Longer doesn't mean better, of course. I found your script and created the PL file. Much simpler, does the same thing, but uses a regular expression -- which Ford hasn't covered at that point in his book. There sure is a lot to learn here, and comparing the two scripts for "economy" and "verbosity" is just one of those things. | [reply] |
(Oops. Forgot the second part of your question.) I have both books. I'll look for other similarities. Altho your code in this example is so completely different from Ford's that I would not have noticed the similarity right away. I'm just getting started with your book. I'll keep my eyes peeled. (You would probably satisfy your curiosity more quickly by buying a copy of his book -- or getting it from a library. He constructs each chapter so that the script he uses at the end of the chapter sums up what he presented in that chapter.) | [reply] |
