Do we have this iterator?

> Stephane Ducasse-3 wrote
>> #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) consumeUntil: [:each | each = 4)
>>>>> {#(1 2 3 4) . #( 1 2 3 5 6 )}
>
> The shortest kernel thing I could come up with took two steps: `{ #(1 2 3 4
> 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyUpThrough: 4.
> #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyAfter: 4 }`. The splitting messages seem to all
> eat the separator.
>
>
>
> -----
> Cheers,
> Sean
> --
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>

> If your input was a string instead of a list of lines, you had:
>
> '[^4]*4|.+' asRegex matchesIn: '1234123123456'
>>>>
>  "an OrderedCollection('1234' '1231234' '56')"
>
> Martín
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Stephane Ducasse <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks sean.
>> I will build it because for example I had list of lines and I needed
>> to split the input depending
>> on patterns inside the lines.... and sadly this was not for an advent of
>> code.
>>
>> Rmoders suggested
>> aggregateRuns:
>> splitOn:
>> but this is not the same.
>>
>>
>> Stef
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:33 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>> > Stephane Ducasse-3 wrote
>> >> #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) consumeUntil: [:each | each = 4)
>> >>>>> {#(1 2 3 4) . #( 1 2 3 5 6 )}
>> >
>> > The shortest kernel thing I could come up with took two steps: `{ #(1 2
>> > 3 4
>> > 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyUpThrough: 4.
>> > #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyAfter: 4 }`. The splitting messages seem to
>> > all
>> > eat the separator.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Cheers,
>> > Sean
>> > --
>> > Sent from:
>> > http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>> >
>>
>

>
>
> On 16 December 2017 at 17:28, Nicolas Cellier
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Never try to read regexp, it's write only
>
>
> its highly susceptible to Kernighan's Lever to shoot yourself in the foot...
>    "You separate the bullet from the gun with a hyperoptimized regexp,
>    and then you transport it to your foot using several typeglobs.
>    However, the program fails to run and you can't correct it since
>    you don't understand what the hell it is you've written."
> http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html
>
> cheers -ben
>
>
>>
>>
>> 2017-12-16 9:09 GMT+01:00 Stephane Ducasse <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>> ouaaahhhhhh ;)
>>> My problem was that I had complex lines as elements. and I will not be
>>> able to remember and express anything with regex
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Martin Dias <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > If your input was a string instead of a list of lines, you had:
>>> >
>>> > '[^4]*4|.+' asRegex matchesIn: '1234123123456'
>>> >>>>
>>> >  "an OrderedCollection('1234' '1231234' '56')"
>>> >
>>> > Martín
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Stephane Ducasse
>>> > <[hidden email]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks sean.
>>> >> I will build it because for example I had list of lines and I needed
>>> >> to split the input depending
>>> >> on patterns inside the lines.... and sadly this was not for an advent
>>> >> of
>>> >> code.
>>> >>
>>> >> Rmoders suggested
>>> >> aggregateRuns:
>>> >> splitOn:
>>> >> but this is not the same.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Stef
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:33 AM, Sean P. DeNigris
>>> >> <[hidden email]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Stephane Ducasse-3 wrote
>>> >> >> #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) consumeUntil: [:each | each = 4)
>>> >> >>>>> {#(1 2 3 4) . #( 1 2 3 5 6 )}
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The shortest kernel thing I could come up with took two steps: `{
>>> >> > #(1 2
>>> >> > 3 4
>>> >> > 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyUpThrough: 4.
>>> >> > #(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) copyAfter: 4 }`. The splitting messages seem
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > all
>>> >> > eat the separator.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -----
>>> >> > Cheers,
>>> >> > Sean
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Sent from:
>>> >> > http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>