[Newbies] appending Strings

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Volkmann <mark at ociweb.com> writes:

Mark> stream := WriteStream on: ''.
Mark> stream nextPutAll: 'foo'.
Mark> stream nextPutAll: 'bar'.
Mark> s := stream contents

s := String streamContents: [:stream |
  stream
        nextPutAll: 'foo';
        nextPutAll: 'bar'.
].

Then you don't even have to name the stream, because it has that
temporary name inside the block.

Look for the many senders of #streamContents: as examples.

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