Rebol3 Code Examplex
Compare length of two strings
Given two strings of different length, determine which string is longer or shorter.
Rebol [
title: "Rosetta code: Compare length of two strings"
file: %Compare_length_of_two_strings.r3
url: https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Compare_length_of_two_strings
needs: 3.22.0 ;; used new `str/length` instead of `length? str`
]
A: "I am string"
B: "I am string too"
lA: A/length
lB: B/length
print reword case [
lA < lB ["String $A ($lA) is smaller than string $B ($lB)"]
lA > lB ["String $A ($lA) is larger than string $B ($lB)" ]
'else ["String $A ($lA) and string $B ($lB) are of equal length"]
][ a: as-green mold a b: as-green mold b la: as-red la lb: as-red lb ]
sort-by-length: function/with [strs [block!] "(modified)"] [
sort/compare strs :by-length
][ by-length: func [a b] [a/length < b/length] ]
print [
"Sorted strings (by length):"
mold sort-by-length ["abcd" "123456789" "abcdef" "1234567"]
]Output:
String "I am string" (11) is smaller than string "I am string too" (15)
Sorted strings (by length): ["abcd" "abcdef" "1234567" "123456789"]