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Chapter | Description |
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Introduction | An introduction to REBOL/Core, information about the manual, technical support information, and where to send comments. |
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Operation | Installing, starting, and quitting REBOL sessions. Using the REBOL Console. Getting help from REBOL. Error messages. How to upgrade REBOL. |
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Quick Tour | A quick overview that describes values, words, blocks, variables, evaluation, functions, paths, objects, scripts, files, and networking. |
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Expressions | How blocks, values, and words are evaluated. Conditional, repeating, and selective expressions. Stopping evaluation. Error recovery. |
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Scripts | Script headers. Command line arguments to scripts. Loading, saving, and commenting scripts. Style guide on how to write good scripts. |
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Series | Series are the foundation of REBOL. Describes series functions and datatypes. Making and copying series. Series iteration. Searching and sorting series. Series as data sets. |
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Block Series | Specifics on block series. Blocks of blocks. Paths for nested blocks. Arrays. Composing blocks. |
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String Series | Special string functions and converting values to strings. |
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Functions | Evaluating functions and arguments. Defining functions. Nested, unnamed, and conditional functions. Function attributes. Scope of variables. Reflective properties. Online help for functions. Viewing function source code. |
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Objects | Making and cloning objects. Accessing objects. Referring to self. Encapsulation. Reflective properties |
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Math | Scalar datatypes. Evaluation order. Standard functions and operators. Type conversion. Comparison. Log, trig, and logic functions. |
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Files | File names and paths. Reading and writing files. Line conversion and blocks of lines. Directory access and directory file functions. |
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Network Protocols | About REBOL networking. Initial setup. DNS, Whois, Finger Daytime, HTTP, SMTP, POP, FTP, NNTP, CGI, TCP, and UDP. |
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Ports | About I/O ports. Opening, reading, writing, closing ports. Updating and waiting on ports. Other port modes. File permissions. Directory ports. |
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Parsing | Spitting strings. Grammar rules. Skipping input. Match types. Recursion and evaluation. |
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Values | Summary of all REBOL values (datatypes). |
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Errors | REBOL error messages. Error categories. Catching errors. The error object. User generated errors. |
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Console | The command prompt. History recall. Busy indicator. Advanced console operations. |
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Updates | Changes to REBOL/Core |
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