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| author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2008-10-17 10:22:24 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/concat.n b/doc/concat.n index c54f662..d34d48c 100644 --- a/doc/concat.n +++ b/doc/concat.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: concat.n,v 1.11 2007/12/13 15:22:32 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: concat.n,v 1.12 2008/10/17 10:22:25 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH concat n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ concat \- Join lists together .SH SYNOPSIS \fBconcat\fI \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command joins each of its arguments together with spaces after @@ -27,32 +26,39 @@ It permits any number of arguments; if no \fIarg\fRs are supplied, the result is an empty string. .SH EXAMPLES Although \fBconcat\fR will concatenate lists (so the command: +.PP .CS \fBconcat\fR a b {c d e} {f {g h}} .CE +.PP will return .QW "\fBa b c d e f {g h}\fR" as its result), it will also concatenate things that are not lists, and hence the command: +.PP .CS \fBconcat\fR " a b {c " d " e} f" .CE +.PP will return .QW "\fBa b {c d e} f\fR" as its result. .PP Note that the concatenation does not remove spaces from the middle of its arguments, so the command: +.PP .CS \fBconcat\fR "a b c" { d e f } .CE +.PP will return .QW "\fBa b c d e f\fR" (i.e. with three spaces between the \fBa\fR, the \fBb\fR and the \fBc\fR). - .SH "SEE ALSO" append(n), eval(n) - .SH KEYWORDS concatenate, join, lists +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |