Make - Function Summary

Summary:

Constructs and returns a new value.

Usage:

make type spec

Arguments:

type - The datatype or example value. (must be: any-type)

spec - The attributes of the new value. (must be: any-type)

Description:

The TYPE argument indicates the datatype to create.

The form of the constructor is determined by the datatype. For most series datatypes, a number indicates the size of the initial allocation.

str: make string! 1000

blk: make block! 10

cash: make money! 1234.56 print cash $1234.56

time: make time! [10 30 40] print time 10:30:40

Related:

copy - Returns a copy of a value.
type? - Returns a value's datatype.

User Comments:

-From: lmecir_mbox.vol.cz 2-Dec-2000/9:10:44-8:00:

Warning: If the first argument supplied is object!, or an object, Make modifies the Spec block. If you want to reuse the Spec argument, use Make in combination with copy/deep like:

make object! copy/deep spec