• Tony (2/2) Nov 13 2017 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an
• rikki cattermole (14/16) Nov 13 2017 struct Foo {
• Andrea Fontana (6/23) Nov 14 2017 Why not
• rikki cattermole (3/31) Nov 14 2017 .text is essentially short hand, that's all. I use it as it is more
• Tony (4/21) Nov 14 2017 Thanks. That flipped function calling syntax definitely takes
• Dr. Assembly (3/28) Nov 14 2017 if you consider this as a property, it makes alot of sense the
• Timoses (3/10) Nov 14 2017 To give it a name I suppose it's this:

Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:

Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an 
array, as would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a string?

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 14/11/2017 7:54 AM, Tony wrote:
 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an array, as 
 would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a string?

struct Foo {
	int x;	
}

void main() {
	Foo[] data = [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)];
	
	import std.conv : text;
	import std.stdio;
	
	writeln(data.text);
}

---

[Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)]

Andrea Fontana <nospam example.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 07:56:06 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 On 14/11/2017 7:54 AM, Tony wrote:
 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an 
 array, as would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a 
 string?

 struct Foo {
 	int x;	
 }

 void main() {
 	Foo[] data = [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)];
 	
 	import std.conv : text;
 	import std.stdio;
 	
 	writeln(data.text);
 }

 ---

 [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)]

Why not

import std.conv : to;
writeln(data.to!string);

?

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

On 14/11/2017 8:16 AM, Andrea Fontana wrote:
 On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 07:56:06 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
 On 14/11/2017 7:54 AM, Tony wrote:
 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an array, as 
 would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a string?

 struct Foo {
     int x;
 }

 void main() {
     Foo[] data = [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)];

     import std.conv : text;
     import std.stdio;

     writeln(data.text);
 }

 ---

 [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)]

 
 Why not
 
 import std.conv : to;
 writeln(data.to!string);
 
 ?

.text is essentially short hand, that's all. I use it as it is more 
descriptive as to my intention.

Tony <tonytdominguez aol.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 07:56:06 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 On 14/11/2017 7:54 AM, Tony wrote:
 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an 
 array, as would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a 
 string?

 struct Foo {
 	int x;	
 }

 void main() {
 	Foo[] data = [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)];
 	
 	import std.conv : text;
 	import std.stdio;
 	
 	writeln(data.text);
 }

 ---

 [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)]

Thanks. That flipped function calling syntax definitely takes 
some getting used to.

Dr. Assembly <netorib94 gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 08:21:59 UTC, Tony wrote:
 On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 07:56:06 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:
 On 14/11/2017 7:54 AM, Tony wrote:
 Is there an easy way to get the string representation of an 
 array, as would be printed by writeln(), but captured in a 
 string?

 struct Foo {
 	int x;	
 }

 void main() {
 	Foo[] data = [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)];
 	
 	import std.conv : text;
 	import std.stdio;
 	
 	writeln(data.text);
 }

 ---

 [Foo(1), Foo(2), Foo(3)]

 Thanks. That flipped function calling syntax definitely takes 
 some getting used to.

if you consider this as a property, it makes alot of sense the 
var.propName syntax.

Timoses <timosesu gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 14:00:54 UTC, Dr. Assembly wrote:
 On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 08:21:59 UTC, Tony wrote:
 On Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 07:56:06 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:
 Thanks. That flipped function calling syntax definitely takes 
 some getting used to.

 if you consider this as a property, it makes alot of sense the 
 var.propName syntax.

To give it a name I suppose it's this:
UFCS: https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#pseudo-member