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<div><h1>String ..< String -- a sequence of consecutive strings, not including the endpoint</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>s ..< t</tt></div>
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<li><span>Operator: <a href="_.._lt.html" title="a binary operator, used for sequences of consecutive items, not including the endpoint">..<</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>t</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Sequence.html">sequence</a></span>, the sequence of consecutive strings of the same length, from <tt>s</tt> to <tt>t</tt>, in lexicographic order, inclusive</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : "a" ..< "z"
o1 = (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x,
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y)
o1 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : "aa" ..< "ce"
o2 = (aa, ab, ac, ad, ba, bb, bc, bd)
o2 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : "aaa" ..< "bcd"
o3 = (aaa, aab, aac, aba, abb, abc)
o3 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : "佖" ..< "佥"
o4 = (佖, 佗, 佘, 余, 佚, 佛, 作, 佝, 佞, 佟, 你, 佡, 佢, 佣,
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佤)
o4 : Sequence</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___String_sp.._sp__String.html" title="a sequence of consecutive strings">String .. String</a> -- a sequence of consecutive strings</span></li>
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