Re: [OpenBIOS] Concatenating strings

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> On Sep 5, 2010, at 6:00 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> On 9/1/10 4:57 PM, Programmingkid wrote:
>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 6:00 AM, [e-mail]
>  wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:11:30 -0400
> From: Tarl Neustaedter <[e-mail] >
> To: The OpenBIOS Mailinglist <[e-mail]
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> Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Concatenating strings
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> On 2010-8-31 8:06 PM, Programmingkid wrote:
> Could someone provide me with a code example on how to combine two
> strings 
> together in forth please. Here is my attempt. For some reason it
> doesn't 
> work. Any help would be great.
>
> The below takes two strings of the form (addr len), allocates a chunk of 
> memory for them, and concatenates them into that allocated memory,
> returning 
> addr len.
>
> : $cat2  ( $1 $2 -- $3 )
>   2 pick over +  dup >r alloc-mem >r
>   2swap tuck  r@ swap move           ( $2 $1-len )
>   r@ + swap move                     ( )
>   r> r>
> ;
>
> Thank you very much Tarl. This word should be added to OpenBIOS.
>
> Please make sure whether the already existing functions (ie. in
> openbios/forth/lib/string.fs) work for you before adding new stuff.
>
> Stefan

Sorry Stefan, but the words there are not very useful. $cat looks a lot more useful and user-friendly than tmpstrcat. Adding $cat to string.fs would make an excellent addition the OpenBIOS.