SpliceIntoRangeOfList

Type

statement

Summary

Removes the elements of Target from Start to Finish and inserts each of the elements of

                    Source into Target at Start.

Syntax

splice <Source> into element <Start> to <Finish> of <Target>

Description

Use the splice syntax to insert the elements of one list into another list.

note

put tList into element 1 to 3 of tList2 results in the removal of elements 1 to 3 of tList2 and the insertion of tList as an element, i.e. tList2 becomes the list [tList,element 4 of tList2, element 5 of tList2 ...]

note

It is an error if either Start or Finish is out of range.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Source		An expression which evaluates to a list.
Start		An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of Target.
Finish		An expression which evaluates to a valid integer index of Target.
Target		An expression which evaluates to a list.

Examples

variable tVar as List
put the empty list into tVar

variable tCount as Number
put 1 into tCount
repeat 3 times
	push tCount onto tVar
end repeat

variable tVar2 as List
push "these" onto tVar2
push "are" onto tVar2
push "unwanted" onto tVar2
push 4 onto tVar2

splice tVar into element 1 to 3 of tVar2 -- tVar2 contains the list [1,2,3,4]