Re: [sc-dev] String:escapeSpaces

[Julian Rohrhuber <rohrhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Scott Wilson wrote:
> >  Any reason not to add this:
> >
> >  + String {
> >  escapeSpaces {
> >  var result;
> >  this.do({ arg char;
> >  if(char.isSpace,{result = result ++ $\\ ++ " "},{result = result ++ char})
> >  });
> >  ^result
> >  }
> >  }
> >
> >  and then stick it in in the various String methods which deal with paths?
>
> why not factor isSpace into a predicate that is passed to the method
> along with the escape character? would make it more useful in other
> contexts, and escapeSpaces could just be ^this.escapeChars(_.isSpace, $\\);
>
> <sk>


there is already an efficient way to replace parts of strings:

"my/ path".replace(" ", "")
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