- concat list [list ...]
- Concatenates multiple lists into a single lists. Each element of each
list become an element of the new one.
- Returns the list.
- Example:
% set L1 {a b {c d} e}
% set L2 {f g {h i}}
% concat $L1 $L2
a b {c d} e f g {h i}
- join list [joinString]
- Joins the elements of a list into one single string using joinString as
separator (default: one space).
- Returns the string.
- Example:
% set L1 { {} home username public_html rtda {} }
% join L1 /
/home/username/public_html/rtda/
# note what happened to the two {}
- lappend list value [value ...]
- Appends each value to the current list as a new list element.
- Returns the list.
- Creates a new list if it doesn't exist.
- Example:
% set fullpath { {} home }
% set user { username }
% set folder { public_html rtda {} }
% lappend fullpath $user $folder
{} home { username } { public_html rtda {} }
- lindex list index
- Returns the index'th element of the list. The first element has index 0.
The last can be accessed using the symbol ``end''.
- list [value ...]
- Concatenates the arguments to make a new list. Each argument becomes an
element of the new list.
- Returns the list.
- Example:
% set L1 {a b {c d} e}
% set L2 {f g {h i}}
% list $L1 $L2
{a b {c d} e} {f g {h i}}
- llength list
- Returns the number of elements in the list.
- split string [splitChars]
- Returns a list formed by splitting string at instances of
splitChars and turning the characters between these
instances into list elements.
- Example:
% set fullPath "/home/username/public_html/rtda/read.me"
% split $fullPath /
{} home username public_html rtda read.me ;# note the {}