Example Symbol defMethod 003

 

 

Description

This example calls the defMethod function where the method insertThe is implemented for the datatype Symbol. The method insertThe is invoked by the send function calling the message in the Symbol Methods Dictionary.

 

Details

Add a method named addThe which will inserts "The" in front of the Symbol.

(defmethod Symbol: insertThe(s) (append The: s))) Returns: #<Dictionary 12345>

Define a Symbol:

(define S House: ) Returns: House

Invoke the method named insertThe to add the article "The" to a Symbol

(send insertThe: S) Returns: TheHouse

The method can be invoked simply by name.

(insertThe: S) Returns: TheHouse

 

Related Examples

Here are examples of the defMethod function at work.

Brick defmethod 025 Dictionary defMethod 006 Directory defMethod 007 Matrix defMethod 009
String defMethod 001 String defMethod 002 Symbol defMethod 003

 

Function Links

Here is the link to the current function used in this example.

defMethod

Here are a number of links to other related functions.

addMethod(#void) send(#void) methodsOf(#void)

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the arguments used in this example.

Symbol Text Dictionary

Here are a number of links to examples having similar argument types.

BitVector addMethod 023 BitVector defmethod 020 BitVector methodsOf 021 BitVector ref 027
BitVector send 018 BitVector vectorFill 007 Boolean addMethod 011 Boolean addMethod 012
Boolean boolean 001 Boolean defmethod 012 Boolean methodsOf 012 Boolean send 010
Boolean setq 016 Brick addMethod 008 Brick defmethod 025 Brick methodsOf 024
Brick send 027 ByteVector isCharAlphabetic 003 ByteVector isCharAlphanumeric 003 ByteVector isCharLowercase 003
ByteVector isCharName 003 ByteVector isCharNumeric 003 ByteVector isCharUppercase 003 ByteVector isCharWhitespace 003
Character addMethod 013 Character defmethod 013 Character methodsOf 013 Character send 011
Character setq 017 Context debug 001 Context getGlobalValue 001 Context getSymbolTable 001
Context globalBinding 001 CpxVector addMethod 028 CpxVector send 028 Date addMethod 015
Date addMethod 016 Date defmethod 015 Date hour 001 Date methodsOf 015
Date minute 001 Date month 001 Date second 001 Date send 013
Date setq 019 Date time 001 Date time 002 Date year 001
Dictionary addMethod 005 Dictionary binarySearch 002 Dictionary cdr 003 Dictionary compare 004
Dictionary compareEQ 004 Dictionary compareGE 004 Dictionary compareGT 004 Dictionary compareLE 004
Dictionary compareLT 004 Dictionary compareNE 004 Dictionary comparison functions 004 Dictionary copy 002
Dictionary count 002 Dictionary defMethod 006 Dictionary delete 003 Dictionary delete 004
Dictionary insert 002 Dictionary inside 002 Dictionary isAtom 002 Dictionary isBound 002
Dictionary isDictionary 001 Dictionary isEqual 002 Dictionary isIdentical 002 Dictionary isInside 002
Dictionary isMember 002 Dictionary isObject 004 Dictionary isType 006 Dictionary length 005
Dictionary makeDictionary 001 Dictionary map 002 Dictionary mapc 002 Dictionary member 002
Dictionary methodsOf 007 Dictionary new 004 Dictionary objectToDictionary 001 Dictionary objectToDictionary 002
Dictionary objectToDictionary 003 Dictionary objectToDictionary 004 Dictionary ref 007 Dictionary ref 008
Dictionary ref 009 Dictionary refAttributes 002 Dictionary refValues 002 Dictionary remove 002
Dictionary resize 002 Dictionary send 004 Dictionary setAttributes 002 Dictionary setCdr 001
Dictionary setCdr 002 Dictionary setq 007 Dictionary setq 008 Dictionary setq 009
Dictionary sizeof 004 Dictionary sort 003 Dictionary sort 004 Dictionary sort 005
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Directory insert 003 Directory inside 003 Directory isBound 003 Directory isDirectory 001
Directory isInside 003 Directory isMember 003 Directory member 002 Directory methodsOf 008
Directory new 005 Directory new 006 Directory ref 010 Directory ref 011
Directory ref 012 Directory refAttributes 003 Directory refValues 003 Directory remove 003
Directory send 005 Directory setAttributes 003 Directory setq 010 Directory setq 011
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FltVector delete 009 FltVector insert 005 FltVector methodsOf 017 FltVector ref 022
FltVector send 015 FltVector vectorFill 003 Function addMethod 017 Function addMethod 018
Function defmethod 016 Function methodsOf 016 Function send 014 IntVector addMethod 020
IntVector defmethod 018 IntVector delete 010 IntVector insert 006 IntVector methodsOf 018
IntVector ref 023 IntVector send 016 IntVector vectorFill 004 Lambda compareLE 008
Lambda debug 001 Lambda define(macro) 001 Lambda defmacro 001 Lambda defmacro 002
Lambda exportTab 001 Lambda globalBinding 001 Lambda importTab 001 Lambda isLambda 001
Lambda ref 017 Lambda send 008 Lambda send 009 Lambda setq 015
List addMethod 025 List defmethod 022 List methodsOf 022 List send 020
Matrix addMethod 008 Matrix defMethod 009 Matrix delete 009 Matrix insert 005
Matrix methodsOf 010 Matrix ref 015 Matrix ref 016 Matrix send 008
Matrix setq 014 Matrix vectorFill 002 NumMatrix addMethod 027 NumMatrix defmethod 024
NumMatrix delete 014 NumMatrix insert 009 NumMatrix methodsOf 024 NumMatrix ref 035
NumMatrix send 027 NumMatrix vectorFill 008 NumVector addMethod 021 NumVector defmethod 019
NumVector delete 011 NumVector insert 007 NumVector methodsOf 019 NumVector ref 024
NumVector send 017 NumVector vectorFill 005 Number addMethod 014 Number defmethod 014
Number methodsOf 014 Number send 012 Number setq 018 ObjVector addMethod 022
ObjVector delete 012 ObjVector insert 008 ObjVector ref 025 ObjVector vectorFill 006
ObjectRepository addMethod 026 ObjectRepository defmethod 023 ObjectRepository delete 013 ObjectRepository methodsOf 023
ObjectRepository send 026 Pair addMethod 024 Pair defmethod 021 Pair methodsOf 021
Pair send 019 PcodeVector methodsOf 020 PcodeVector ref 026 ShortVector addMethod 021
ShortVector defmethod 019 ShortVector delete 011 ShortVector insert 007 ShortVector methodsOf 019
ShortVector ref 024 ShortVector send 017 ShortVector vectorFill 005 String addMethod 001
String clean 001 String code 001 String defMethod 001 String defMethod 002
String downcase 001 String isChar 001 String isCharAlphabetic 001 String isCharAlphanumeric 001
String isCharLowercase 001 String isCharName 001 String isCharNumeric 001 String isCharUppercase 001
String isCharWhitespace 001 String isEqual 001 String isEqual 002 String isObject 001
String isString 001 String isText 001 String isType 001 String isType 002
String isType 003 String left 001 String length 001 String length 002
String methodsOf 001 String methodsOf 002 String methodsOf 003 String mid 001
String new 001 String parse 001 String ref 001 String ref 002
String replace 001 String rept 001 String right 001 String send 001
String setq 001 String sizeof 001 String string 001 String string 002
String string 003 String stringFill 001 String stringToBVector 001 String stringToBVector 002
String stringToBVector 003 String stringToVector 001 String stringToVector 002 String stringToVector 003
String stringToVector 004 String substitute 001 String substitute 002 String substring 001
String substring 002 String text 001 String trim 001 String type 001
String upcase 001 String upcase 002 String upcase 003 Structure addMethod 003
Structure addMethod 004 Structure binaryInsert 001 Structure binarySearch 001 Structure defmethod 004
Structure defmethod 005 Structure defstruct 001 Structure delete 001 Structure delete 002
Structure insert 001 Structure inside 001 Structure isBound 001 Structure isInside 001
Structure isMember 001 Structure member 001 Structure methodsOf 005 Structure new 003
Structure ref 004 Structure ref 006 Structure refAttributes 001 Structure refValues 001
Structure remove 001 Structure send 003 Structure setAttributes 001 Structure setq 003
Structure setq 004 Structure setq 005 Structure setq 006 Structure uniqueInsert 001
Structure uniqueInsert 002 Symbol *< 001 Symbol ++ 001 Symbol +< 001
Symbol -- 001 Symbol -< 001 Symbol /< 001 Symbol addMethod 002
Symbol append 003 Symbol compare 002 Symbol compareEQ 002 Symbol compareGE 002
Symbol compareGT 002 Symbol compareLE 002 Symbol compareLT 002 Symbol compareNE 002
Symbol comparison functions 002 Symbol defMethod 003 Symbol downcase 002 Symbol getGlobalValue 001
Symbol getGlobalValue 002 Symbol getSymbolTable 001 Symbol getSymbolTable 002 Symbol hashString 002
Symbol isCharAlphabetic 002 Symbol isCharAlphanumeric 002 Symbol isCharLowercase 002 Symbol isCharName 002
Symbol isCharNumeric 002 Symbol isCharUppercase 002 Symbol isCharWhitespace 002 Symbol isObject 002
Symbol isSymbol 001 Symbol isType 004 Symbol length 003 Symbol methodsOf 004
Symbol new 002 Symbol proplist 001 Symbol proprecord 001 Symbol putprop 001
Symbol ref 003 Symbol remProp 001 Symbol send 002 Symbol setq 001
Symbol setq 002 Symbol sizeof 002 Symbol symbol 001 Symbol symbol 002
Symbol type 002 Symbol upcase 004 Vector addMethod 007 Vector defmethod 008
Vector delete 007 Vector delete 008 Vector insert 004 Vector methodsOf 009
Vector ref 013 Vector ref 014 Vector refAttributes 004 Vector refValues 004
Vector send 006 Vector setAttributes 004 Vector setAttributes 005 Vector setq 012
Vector setq 013 Vector vectorFill 001 Void addMethod 009 Void addMethod 010
Void defmethod 010 Void defmethod 011 Void methodsOf 011 Void ref 017
Void send 009 Void setq 015 substringFill 001

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