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Language REBOL
(Generalized song dialect)
| Date: | 07/06/05 |
| Author: | Gregg Irwin |
| URL: | n/a |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Info: | http://www.rebol.com |
| Score: |  (3.27 in 11 votes) |
sing: func [input /local n stmt num chop phrase sing-verse] [
parse input [set num integer! copy stmt to end]
n: num
chop: func [word] [head remove back tail form word]
phrase: func [val] [
reform switch/default val [
0 [["No more" stmt]]
1 [[val head change copy stmt chop stmt/1]]
] [[val stmt]]
]
sing-verse: func [val] [
print [phrase n "on the wall," join phrase n "."]
print either n > 0 [
["Take one down and pass it around," phrase n - 1 "on the wall." newline]
][
rejoin ["Go to the store and buy some more..." phrase num "."]
]
]
while [n >= 0] [sing-verse n n: n - 1]
]
sing [99 bottles of beer]
sing [7 carafes of wine]
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