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: (segmented range) operator

The segmented range operator creates a Range from its endpoints.

Usage 

Range<Integer> ten = 1:10;

Description

Definition

The lhs:rhs operator is defined in pseudocode as:

rhs <=0 then [] else Range(lhs, {lhs++ rhs times} )

See the language specification for more details.

Polymorphism

The : operator is not polymorphic. The meaning of : depends on the Range class.

Type

The result type of the lhs:rhs operator is Lhs[] where Lhs is the type of lhs.

See also