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You're not talking about this ?

 f: func ['word][ set word 10 ]

This might do it -- change the way you define f:
 use [variable] [f: [variable] [variable: 100]]
variable: 10
== 10
f variable
== 10
variable
== 10

note: "variable" is a global value still i get no results from this 
:(

>> f: func ['variable][ set variable 100 ]
>> variable: 10
== 10
>> f variable
== 100
>> variable
== 100

thanks graham it worked well

I rarely change values by reference, only series/objects. values 
i simply assign new.
 f: func[variable][100]
 variable: variable 100
If not, i at least mark the word, like
 f: func[variable][ set variable 100]
 f 'variable

Its style, but in rebol i rarely see a function changes a word, so 
i am avoiding to be surprised.

O.K.
Thanks to everyone for their help.

I offer my final (not that it's the best) rendition of these conversion 
functions.


to-unix-time: func [
  "Create unix-timestamp.  Author: Gabriele_3-Aug-2002."
  date [date!] "Rebol-format date. (non-Milisecond type)."
][
  date/date - 1-1-1970 * 86400 + to-integer date/time
]

from-unix-time: func [

  "Create rebol-timestamp from unix-timestamp.  Author: Rebolers-Altme_2005."
  utime [integer!] "Unix timestamp."
][
  unixTimestampConstant + to-time utime
]  

-- OR an all-in-one --

unixTimestamp: func [

  "Rebol date to/from unix timestamp conversion.  Authors: Many rebolers.."

  varIn "Enter either a Date!type or Integer!type to convert to/from 
  unix/rebol."
][

   unixTimestampConstant: 1970-01-01/00:00:00           ;Reference.
   varOut: "ERR"

   if ((type? varIn) = date!) [                         ;from rebol, 
   to unix.

     varOut: varIn/date - 1-1-1970 * 86400 + to-integer varIn/time
   ]

   if ((type? varIn) = integer!) [                      ;from unix to 
   rebol.

     if (varIn >= 0) [                                  ;B.U.  (before 
     Unix.)
       varOut: unixTimestampConstant + to-time utime
     ]
   ]
   return varOut
]

John.

>> difference now 1-1-1970
== 313646:34:14
>> to integer! difference now 1-1-1970
== 1129127658

BIG TYPO on the last post.. 

unixTimestamp: func [

  "Rebol date to/from unix timestamp conversion.  Authors: Many rebolers.."

  varIn "Enter either a Date!type or Integer!type to convert to/from 
  unix/rebol."
][

   unixTimestampConstant: 1970-01-01/00:00:00           ;Reference.
   varOut: "ERR"

   if ((type? varIn) = date!) [                         ;from rebol, 
   to unix.

     varOut: varIn/date - 1-1-1970 * 86400 + to-integer varIn/time
   ]

   if ((type? varIn) = integer!) [                      ;from unix to 
   rebol.

     if (varIn >= 0) [                                  ;B.U.  (before 
     Unix.)
       varOut: unixTimestampConstant + to-time varIn
     ]
   ]
   return varOut
]

John.
BIG TYPO on the last post.. 

unixTimestamp: func [

  "Rebol date to/from unix timestamp conversion.  Authors: Many rebolers.."

  varIn "Enter either a Date!type or Integer!type to convert to/from 
  unix/rebol."
][

   unixTimestampConstant: 1970-01-01/00:00:00           ;Reference.
   varOut: "ERR"

   if ((type? varIn) = date!) [                         ;from rebol, 
   to unix.

     varOut: varIn/date - 1-1-1970 * 86400 + to-integer varIn/time
   ]

   if ((type? varIn) = integer!) [                      ;from unix to 
   rebol.

     if (varIn >= 0) [                                  ;B.U.  (before 
     Unix.)
       varOut: unixTimestampConstant + to-time varIn
     ]
   ]
   return varOut
]

John.

Is there a way to have small decimal numbers shown, as you write 
them, when converted to a string? Instead of this:
>> to-string 0.08
== "8E-2"
I would like the output to be "0.08".

:-)) last week or so there was rather long discussion here :-)

I have form-decimal function for that, but others might have posted 
other solutions ...

wait a bit - will look into my flash disk if I have it here, otherwise 
I have it at my work on my PC ...

ok

try this - found some arcane version, hopefully it will work ...

form-decimal: function [num][tmp main rest sign base][

     either found? find tmp: to-string num "E" [

              parse tmp [
                 copy main to "."
                 skip
                 copy rest to "E"
                 skip
                 mark: (sign: copy/part mark 1)
                 skip
                 copy base to end
               ]


        either sign = "-" [

                tmp: "0."

                loop ((to-integer base) - 1) [insert tail tmp "0"]
                insert tail tmp rest
        ][
                tmp: copy ""

                insert tail tmp join main rest

                loop ((to-integer base) - (length? rest)) [insert tail tmp "0"]  
                    
                           
        ] 
     
      tmp                 

     ][num] 

]

but please - take into account that my coding capabilities are, ehm, 
rather weak :-)

:-) Ok, thanks Pekr!

eh, does not seem to work ...

I will look into it and try to post correct version ...

Try this one:

form-decimal: func [num /local tmp main rest sign base][

     either found? find tmp: to-string num "E" [

              parse tmp [
                 [copy main to "." 
                  skip
                  copy rest to "E"
                  |
                  copy rest to "E"
                  (main: copy "")  
                  ]
             
                 skip
                 mark: (sign: copy/part mark 1)
                 skip
                 copy base to end
               ]


        either sign = "-" [

                tmp: copy "0."

                loop ((to-integer base) - 1) [insert tail tmp "0"]
                insert tail tmp rest
        ][
                tmp: copy ""

                insert tail tmp join main rest

                loop ((to-integer base) - (length? rest)) [insert tail tmp "0"]  
                    
                           
        ] 
     
      tmp                 

     ][num] 

]

first one did not take into account 1E-2, simply a version, where 
there is no "." in it ....

and I believe folks here will introduce just few lines version later 
:-)

On 6-October Volker posted this reply:


Pekr: "I did not find an easier way, so I parse for E, then I distinguish 
the sign, the number -5 in above case, and then I compose the string 
:-)"
!> a: 123.456 reduce[to integer! a remainder a 1]
== [123 0.456000000000003]

Maybe the base for something better (dont know how easy that parsing 
is?)

turned out to be http://polly.rebol.it/test/test/snippets/epad1.r
. longer and not so readable. but seems to work.

I think, this version do the job:

form-decimal: func [n /local p d] [
	if p: find n #"E" [
		if d: remove find n #"." [d: index? d p: back p]
		if not d [if d: remove find n #"," [d: index? d p: back p]]
		if not d [d: 2]
		either p/2 = #"-" [
			insert/dup n #"0" (to-integer skip p 2) - 1
			insert n "0."
		][
			insert/dup p #"0" (to-integer next p) - (index? p) + d
		]
		clear find n #"E"
	]
	n
]

nope, not quite

This must be it:

form-decimal: func [n /local p d] [
	if p: find n #"E" [
		if d: remove find n #"." [d: index? d p: back p]
		if not d [if d: remove find n #"," [d: index? d p: back p]]
		if not d [d: index? p]
		either p/2 = #"-" [
			insert/dup n #"0" (to-integer skip p 2) - d + 1
			insert n "0."
		][
			insert/dup p #"0" (to-integer next p) - (index? p) + d
		]
		clear find n #"E"
	]
	n
]

Maybe there should be a
n: form n
in the beginning to support more datatypes.

Is there any way Rebol files can be made to be multi-user friendly?

Louis, multi-user friendly!? What do you mean? That one user can 
lock a file for some time, so others can't access it? Or what?

Louis, in Core or View ? In View, you can read/write to the public 
cache.

This is VIEW-ROOT (the directory you selected during install, by 
default it is in a windows user profile directory).

When you click on an app from a rebsite, it is saved (by READ-THRU, 
PATH-THRU) into the public cache before running.
So, if it is your app, say at 
http://yoursite.com/app.r
then it could save prefs files to
path-thru http://yoursite.com/app-prefs.r
eg.
	save path-thru http://yoursite.com/app-prefs.r[my prefs data]

In Core, I define some of those useful functions from View (VIEW-ROOT, 
PATH-THRU etc..) in the user.r to allow the same functionality.

Geomol, I have written accounting software, and I would like for 
two or three people on a lan to be able to be intering data at once.

intering = entering

Louis: I solved ths by having a separate Rebol task running that 
manages the file in question. It's a simple databaseserver that accepts 
requests from various clients on a LAN using Rugby. Performance is 
surprisingly good.

The database server manages the data and writes it to multiple copies 
of the database file in rotation (to avoid loss of data on write 
on power failure) every 10 seconds if there are requests from the 
clients.

Anton, I'm using encmdface from the SDK.  I am writing to an object 
database.

Henrik, so the data from different computers is sent to your dbserver 
which saves the records one at a time?

basically yes

Sounds like what I am looking for.  Could you share the code?

I could... but I'm going out the door in a few minutes so it's going 
to have to be later this evening.

advice: Learn Rugby :-)

Yes, I did play around with Rugby a while back, but could think of 
any way to use it at the time. Now I have a use.

cound not

could not

Louis, I'm doing something similar as Henrik with a DB, I made in 
REBOL a couple of years ago. A REBOL task is listening on a TCP port 
and is handling the multiuser functionality. The clients could update 
the data in the DB themselves, or a task could do that too. My DB 
(NicomDB) isn't a product yet, but I could make it a product, if 
you're ready to pay for it?

isn't it a bug that start: now wait 5 print (now - start) returns 
zero?