ICON Language | Function Lookup

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&pos — scanning position
=s — match string in scanning
move — move scanning position
s ? expr — scan string
tab — set scanning position

Index of Function Types:
affects &pos
character sets
co-expressions
control structures
file processing
generators
infix operations
keywords
lists, sets and tables
math
metadata
output formatting
pattern matching
prefix operations
records
strings
windows and keyboards

Index of Subsystems:
base
digitcnt.icn
SNOBOL4 functions

base — pattern matching, affects &pos

move

move scanning position

Description

s move(i)

move(i) produces &subject[&pos:&pos + i] and assigns &pos + i to &pos, but fails if i is out of range. move(i) reverses the assignment to &pos if it is resumed.

Parameters

i: the amount we wish to add to &pos.
returns: &subject[&pos:&pos + i]

Errors

101	i not integer