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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help need in PS programming
Summary: Get the "Red" book.
Keywords: postscript
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Date: 15 Apr 91 07:34:13 GMT
References: <1991Apr11.041929.16118@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1991Apr11.041929.16118@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> srin@barley.ecn.purdue.edu (Raghavan Srinivasan) writes:
>I just started to learn PS programming. I have following questions to be
>answered. I would appreciate any info in this regard.
>1. like in 'C', is there any way where a subroutine can return a string or int. If yes, any example please.
>2. How to send say the first item of the stack in the form of an array to another routine?
>3. How the arrays are stored in a stack? 

The answers to all your questions are in the Red Book:
	PostScript Language Reference Manual
	Adobe Systems Incorporated
	Addison Wesley
	ISBN 0-201-10174-2
	ISBN 0-201-10169-6

1. A routine can return ANYTHING on the stack.  This can be any of:
   array, boolean, dict, file, font, integer, mark, name, null, operator,
   packedarray, real, save, string.  See the 'type' operator.
2. Check '[' and ']' on how to build an array.
3. Arrays are stored as arrays.
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