Net -- the class of all nets and strings

Net -- the class of all nets and strings

The type Net is a member of the class Type. Each object of class Net is called a net.

Types of net :

String -- the class of all strings

A net is a generalization of a string which is designed to facilitate two-dimensional printing on ascii terminals. It consists of a rectangular array of characters subdivided horizontally by an imaginary baseline.

Operations on nets also accept strings by interpreting a string as a rectangle of height one with the baseline just below it. In fact, the parent of String is Net.

Multiple nets per line can be sent to an output file with << but care must be taken to use endl to end lines, for nets with new line characters embedded in them will be displayed in an unexpected way.

Warning: if so many characters are written to a file that an internal buffer is filled before the line ends or first net is seen, then the buffer will be flushed, and writing a net subsequently will produce an unexpected result.

Functions and methods returning a a net :

betti -- display degrees

horizontalJoin -- join nets or strings horizontally

horizontalJoin BasicList

Net ^ ZZ -- raise a net

Net | Net -- join strings or nets

Net || Net -- join nets or strings vertically

net -- convert to net

peek -- examine contents of an object

peek2 -- examine contents of an object

stack -- join nets or string vertically

stack BasicList