inf()

inf(<list>, <pattern>[, <delimiter>[, <output separator>]])

inf() is iter() with one addition: a <list> written as :<start>:>: counts up from the whole number <start>, and one written as :<start>:<: counts down from it, without end. Since the count never runs out, <pattern> calls ibreak() to stop it. ”##” is the current number, and ”#@” and inum(0) count the passes from 1.

Any other <list> is an ordinary list, and inf() then does what iter() does. An empty <output separator> puts nothing between the results; leaving it out puts a space.

A count that never calls ibreak() still stops: after as many passes as the game’s function invocation limit, before its results pass the output limit, or when the time limit runs out.

Examples:

> think inf(:5:>:, [if(gt(##, 8), ibreak())]##)
5 6 7 8 9
> think inf(:5:<:, [if(lt(##, 2), ibreak())]##)
5 4 3 2 1
> think inf(:3:>:, [if(eq(#@, 3), ibreak())]##, , -)
3-4-5

inf() comes from RhostMUSH and takes the same arguments.

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