On Saturday 17 February 2001 22:27, jweirich / one.net wrote:
> >>>>> "Jim" == jweirich  <jweirich / one.net> writes:
>
>     Jim> b[6] doesn't exist either.  Yet b[6,2] returns an empty string.
>
> Oops ... I meant "empty list".   But of course you knew that :-)

Yes, but we are comparing apples and crates. 
a[6,2] returns nil because a[6,2] is 'not an apple'.
b[6,2] returns an empty crate.

So...given my universally recognized twisted view of everthing, this behavior 
does make some sort of sense. ;-)

Regards,

Kent Starr
elderburn / mindspring.com