String withAll: yourCollection

as in...

String withAll: (#($a $b $c) asOrderedCollection)

On 12/29/12 12:30 PM, Chris Cunnington wrote:
> I have a question about converting an OrderedCollection full of chars 
> into a string. [1]
>
> I would have thought there was a method like #asString that could be 
> sent to an OrderedCollection to produce a string. I find myself having 
> to do the process in three steps: 1) #reading the OC; 2) creating an 
> empty string; and then, 3) iterating over every char to put it into 
> the String.
>
> I think I'm missing a simpler way. Especially with Xtreams. Shouldn't 
> I just use a filter, change the #contentSpecies, or something?
>
> Chris
>
>
> [1]
>
> startTag: data
>     <action: 'element'>
>     |tagdata str |
>     tagdata := data second first reading.
>     str := (String new: 20) writing.
>     tagdata do: [:each| str put: each].
>     ^'html ' , (data first second first asString) , $: , $' , (str 
> close; terminal) , $'
>
>
>

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