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<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


columns is a variable with value 6;
How the split will be and which is my whole string?



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  • I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
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I am a fresh learner of Tcl and I faced an issue of understanding this whole concept:



<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


columns is a variable with value 6;
How the split will be and which is my whole string?



Thank you all










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  • I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
    – Jerry
    Nov 10 at 14:53










  • What actual input data do you have? What output do you want?
    – Donal Fellows
    Nov 10 at 15:24













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I am a fresh learner of Tcl and I faced an issue of understanding this whole concept:



<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


columns is a variable with value 6;
How the split will be and which is my whole string?



Thank you all










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I am a fresh learner of Tcl and I faced an issue of understanding this whole concept:



<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


columns is a variable with value 6;
How the split will be and which is my whole string?



Thank you all







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  • I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
    – Jerry
    Nov 10 at 14:53










  • What actual input data do you have? What output do you want?
    – Donal Fellows
    Nov 10 at 15:24


















  • I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
    – Jerry
    Nov 10 at 14:53










  • What actual input data do you have? What output do you want?
    – Donal Fellows
    Nov 10 at 15:24
















I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
– Jerry
Nov 10 at 14:53




I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to ask, but have you tried running that piece of code?
– Jerry
Nov 10 at 14:53












What actual input data do you have? What output do you want?
– Donal Fellows
Nov 10 at 15:24




What actual input data do you have? What output do you want?
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<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


You have to unpack Tcl commands from the inside out because the inner-most nested brackets are executed first.





  • columns is a proc that, hopefully, returns an integer.

  • then string repeat repeats "-,-," that many times.

  • then the double quoted string adds a trailing -

  • then split should split that "-,-,-,...-" string on commas resulting in *a list of "2 * columns + 1" hyphens*.


Except:




  • there is a missing space before the last comma in the split command

  • the set command looks like: set varname value (unless you're dealing with an object)


set <name of variable> [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
# ...............................................................^




Demonstrating:



set columns 6
proc columns {} {return $::columns}
set result [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
puts $result
puts [llength $result] ;# should be 13




- - - - - - - - - - - - -
13




You could achieve the same result with:



set result [lrepeat [expr {2 * [columns] + 1}] "-"]




Tcl is actually a very simple language. The entire syntax only has 12 rules: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/Tcl.htm






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  • Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
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<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


You have to unpack Tcl commands from the inside out because the inner-most nested brackets are executed first.





  • columns is a proc that, hopefully, returns an integer.

  • then string repeat repeats "-,-," that many times.

  • then the double quoted string adds a trailing -

  • then split should split that "-,-,-,...-" string on commas resulting in *a list of "2 * columns + 1" hyphens*.


Except:




  • there is a missing space before the last comma in the split command

  • the set command looks like: set varname value (unless you're dealing with an object)


set <name of variable> [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
# ...............................................................^




Demonstrating:



set columns 6
proc columns {} {return $::columns}
set result [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
puts $result
puts [llength $result] ;# should be 13




- - - - - - - - - - - - -
13




You could achieve the same result with:



set result [lrepeat [expr {2 * [columns] + 1}] "-"]




Tcl is actually a very simple language. The entire syntax only has 12 rules: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/Tcl.htm






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  • Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
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<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


You have to unpack Tcl commands from the inside out because the inner-most nested brackets are executed first.





  • columns is a proc that, hopefully, returns an integer.

  • then string repeat repeats "-,-," that many times.

  • then the double quoted string adds a trailing -

  • then split should split that "-,-,-,...-" string on commas resulting in *a list of "2 * columns + 1" hyphens*.


Except:




  • there is a missing space before the last comma in the split command

  • the set command looks like: set varname value (unless you're dealing with an object)


set <name of variable> [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
# ...............................................................^




Demonstrating:



set columns 6
proc columns {} {return $::columns}
set result [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
puts $result
puts [llength $result] ;# should be 13




- - - - - - - - - - - - -
13




You could achieve the same result with:



set result [lrepeat [expr {2 * [columns] + 1}] "-"]




Tcl is actually a very simple language. The entire syntax only has 12 rules: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/Tcl.htm






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  • Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
    – Radostina Gencheva
    Nov 11 at 17:55













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<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


You have to unpack Tcl commands from the inside out because the inner-most nested brackets are executed first.





  • columns is a proc that, hopefully, returns an integer.

  • then string repeat repeats "-,-," that many times.

  • then the double quoted string adds a trailing -

  • then split should split that "-,-,-,...-" string on commas resulting in *a list of "2 * columns + 1" hyphens*.


Except:




  • there is a missing space before the last comma in the split command

  • the set command looks like: set varname value (unless you're dealing with an object)


set <name of variable> [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
# ...............................................................^




Demonstrating:



set columns 6
proc columns {} {return $::columns}
set result [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
puts $result
puts [llength $result] ;# should be 13




- - - - - - - - - - - - -
13




You could achieve the same result with:



set result [lrepeat [expr {2 * [columns] + 1}] "-"]




Tcl is actually a very simple language. The entire syntax only has 12 rules: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/Tcl.htm






share|improve this answer














<name of variable> set [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-",]


You have to unpack Tcl commands from the inside out because the inner-most nested brackets are executed first.





  • columns is a proc that, hopefully, returns an integer.

  • then string repeat repeats "-,-," that many times.

  • then the double quoted string adds a trailing -

  • then split should split that "-,-,-,...-" string on commas resulting in *a list of "2 * columns + 1" hyphens*.


Except:




  • there is a missing space before the last comma in the split command

  • the set command looks like: set varname value (unless you're dealing with an object)


set <name of variable> [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
# ...............................................................^




Demonstrating:



set columns 6
proc columns {} {return $::columns}
set result [split "[string repeat "-,-," [columns]]-" ,]
puts $result
puts [llength $result] ;# should be 13




- - - - - - - - - - - - -
13




You could achieve the same result with:



set result [lrepeat [expr {2 * [columns] + 1}] "-"]




Tcl is actually a very simple language. The entire syntax only has 12 rules: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/Tcl.htm







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  • Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
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  • Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
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    Nov 11 at 17:55
















Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
– Radostina Gencheva
Nov 11 at 17:55




Seems sensible this way, thank you all for the help!
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