Posted by Bryan Oakley on 11/13/52 11:45

comp.lang.tcl wrote:
> I have a TCL proc that needs to convert what might be a list into a
> string to read
>
> consider this:
>
> [set string [PROPER_CASE {hello world}]]; # OUTPUTS Hello World which
> is fine for PHP
>
> [set string [PROPER_CASE {-hello world}]]; # OUTPUT {{-Hello}}
> World, which PHP will print literally as {{-Hello}} World, instead of
> -Hello World
>
> Is there an easy way for TCL to brute-force a list into a
> strictly-string-only format to prevent this potentially ugly display
> from being displayed by PHP/etc.?

To convert a list to a string with a space between each list element:

join $someList " "

So maybe you want:

[set string [join [PROPER_CASE ...] " "]


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Bryan Oakley
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