From 547a8a6db1fb74a843bb0fbf1f81dd3d67eb92c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Barzilay Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 03:06:11 -0400 Subject: Improve mutable/immutable comment, add `make-vector' example. --- racket.html.markdown | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/racket.html.markdown b/racket.html.markdown index fbd3f76a..90b29d21 100644 --- a/racket.html.markdown +++ b/racket.html.markdown @@ -365,13 +365,16 @@ n ; => 6 (set-box! n* (add1 (unbox n*))) (unbox n*) ; => 6 -;; Many Racket datatypes can be immutable or mutable -;; (Pairs, Lists, Strings, Vectors, Hash Tables, etc...) +;; Many Racket datatypes are immutable (pairs, lists, etc), some come in +;; both mutable and immutable flavors (strings, vectors, hash tables, +;; etc...) -;; Use `vector' to create a mutable vector +;; Use `vector' or `make-vector' to create mutable vectors (define vec (vector 2 2 3 4)) +(define wall (make-vector 100 'bottle-of-beer)) ;; Use vector-set! to update a slot (vector-set! vec 0 1) +(vector-set! wall 99 'down) vec ; => #(1 2 3 4) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; -- cgit v1.2.3