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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-02-10 Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk> + + * doc/append.n: Return value was not documented. [Bug 683188] + 2003-02-10 Vince Darley <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net> * doc/FileSystem.3: diff --git a/doc/append.n b/doc/append.n index 4e86f90..5f1a3c7 100644 --- a/doc/append.n +++ b/doc/append.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: append.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:45 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: append.n,v 1.4 2003/02/10 13:32:22 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH append n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Append all of the \fIvalue\fR arguments to the current value of variable \fIvarName\fR. If \fIvarName\fR doesn't exist, it is given a value equal to the concatenation of all the \fIvalue\fR arguments. +The result of this command is the new value stored in variable +\fIvarName\fR. This command provides an efficient way to build up long variables incrementally. For example, ``\fBappend a $b\fR'' is much more efficient than |