<< <==that syntax

[Aran]

What does this << mean? I see it alot in SephirothSpawn's scripts.

 

[verballydecapitating]

It just appends whatever is to the right of the '<<' to whatever is on the left.
EG:

arr = [1, 3, 7]
arr << 19 #arr is now [1, 3, 7, 19]
string = 'Hello'
string << ' There!' #string is now 'Hello There!'
string = 'Hello'
string << 33 #integers are added as a byte, 33 is '!' so the message is 'Hello!'
#and you can even use it with IO streams
io_stream << 'pizza!' #adds a new line to the stream, containing 'pizza!'

 

[Sheol]

Is just a synomym for array.append, which adds an element to an array.

 

[Daniel]

So is it just like +=?

 

[Aran]

thanx, guys. hmm... now i see why Seph uses it so much lol XD

@Daniel: i take it, yes, it is. in a way

 

[SephirothSpawn]

:lol: I use it alot because I am far too lazy to add .push or .apend and since I use arrays and hashes in just about every script, it is essiential.

It's useful enough I guess...

 

[Aran]

wow! now i wanna be lazy ^^