buffer
buffer — constructs a buffer.
Synopsis
buffer (contents?...)
Arguments
contentsAny Gamma or Lisp expression.
Returns
A buffer containing all of the contents.
Description
This function constructs a buffer of all of the arguments, in the order they are given.
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A buffer is printed as a sequence of characters (some consoles may not support a character for every entry) surrounded by curly brackets and preceded by a hash sign, such as: #{\n+6ALWbe}. This representation of a buffer cannot be read back in to Gamma, so a symbol must be assigned to a buffer in order to refer to or work with it. |
Example
Gamma>bu = buffer (101, 102, 103, 104, 2 * 25, 4 / 82);#{efgh2\0}Gamma>shorten_buffer (bu, 2);#{ef}Gamma>