Problems using a loop statement

[jmcnealy]

Hello everybody,

I have what I hope is a short quick problem. I have the following script:

loop 5 [append a b c: read a append e c b: b + 10]

where a: is the url http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q...F-8&sa=N&start=

b: is 0

c: is ""

d: is also http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q...F-8&sa=N&start=

and e: is ""

The idea is to recursively pull the search for the term "pope" from the Google news site. To do this I must increment b by 10 each time. The script works almost perfectly. The only problem is that when b is appended to a, it stacks on to the back of a like so:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q...start=010203040

What I want is "0, 10, 20, 30, 40" like so added to a. Now I have used that following trick to set a back to the first url setting:

loop 5 [append a b c: read a append e c b: b + 10 a: d]

However, something weird happens: d is somehow set to the value of a:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q...start=010203040

Why does d become a? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Does anyone have any ideas on how I can reset a: to the url search term? The scripts seems to work great other wise. Thanks for your help.

[Gabriele]

APPEND changes the url in place.

Try: d: append copy a b
or: d: join a b

BTW, I'd suggest you using better names than a, b, c...

[jmcnealy]

Thank you very much Gabriele for your help. The "d: append ab" worked perfectly. Just what I needed. Btw, the variable names are just for testing until I get the script working the way I want. Thanks again.