Version 5 of join

Updated 2004-03-05 15:04:50

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Join converts a Tcl list into a string. It glues together the elements of a list using a supplied character as element separator. Default is a space.

RS A typical application is to process a text that consists of several lines:

 foreach line [split $input \n] {
    # do something with line, produce output
    lappend outlines $out
 }
 set result [join $outlines \n] 

Another is to flatten out one level of embedded lists:

 % join {1 {2 {3 4}} 5}
 1 2 {3 4} 5

Matrixes are a frequent application for nested lists. Here's a simple matrix summer that uses join twice: once for concatenating the rows; then for putting + signs in between so expr has something to parse:

 proc matsum matrix {expr [join [join $matrix] +]}

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