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 +# $EPIC: joinstr.txt,v 1.2 2007/02/15 03:53:35 jnelson Exp $
 +======Synopsis:======
 +$[[joinstr]](//seperator// //var1// //var2//)
 +
 +======Description:======
 +This function joins two word lists together with a seperator. Formally:
 +This function returns a word list wherein the **N**th word of the return
 +value is the string catenation of the **N**th word of $//var1//, the 
 +//seperator//, and the **N**th word of $//var2// Please note that //var1//
 +and //var2// must be variable names, not the values themselves.
 +
 +You can join together more than two variables in this way: just list the
 +variable names. 
 +
 +If one variable has less words than another variable, then the empty value
 +is used to hold the place of any missing words.
 +
 +======Practical:======
 +If you had two variables, one containing nicks and the other containing
 +user@hosts, you might use a function like [[copattern]] to turn user@host
 +wildcards into nicknames.  But if you wanted to create nick!user@hosts,
 +you could use this function:
 +
 + @nicks = [one two three]
 + @userhosts = [foo@baz.com boo@ya.com bar@oof.com]
 + @nuh = joinstr(! nicks userhosts)
 + echo $nuh
 +
 +would output
 +
 + one!foo@baz.com two!boo@ya.com three!bar@oof.com
 +
 +======History:======
 +The [[joinstr]] function first appeared in EPIC4-1.1.8.
 +The ability to join more than two variables first appeared in EPIC4-1.1.15.
 +
  
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