[Newbies] Collection in Smalltalk

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Herbert" == Herbert König <herbertkoenig at gmx.net> writes:

Herbert> Hello Alex,
AC> Thanks. I'll try to start with the indexing table for each character first.
AC> Anyway do you know how to split string based on more than 1
AC> character, for example I want to split string based on some
AC> punctuation. I have tried using tokenBasedOn, but still can not
AC> figured out how to use it for more than 1 separator. 

String> findTokens: is your friend here.

Herbert> I have a code fragment which reads

Herbert> tokens := comment asLowercase findTokens: mySeparators

Herbert> As I use this fairly often, someplace I have code to initialise
Herbert> mySeparators like:

Herbert> mySeparators := Array new: 13
Herbert> mySeparators at: 1 put: $- ; at: 2 put: $( .....
Herbert> and so on.

You can just write that as a literal:

  mySeparators := #($- $().

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