Is it correct to use "appends" when an append operation is repeated?
I can append something once. E.g. append a sentence to a document containing my CV. What if I do it several times? Would it be legal to use "appends" when expressing it? E.g.: I did a lot of appends to my CV.
Is the following example correct?
The program I’m working on has a lot of string appends (500+).
What would be a better or legal expression?
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donald remero
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In common usage, "append" is definitely not a noun; it is a verb only.
In situations where computer-programming jargon is acceptable, as in the example sentence, then you are probably okay. But outside the jargon of computer programming a "string append" or a "sentence append" has no common meaning.
To be minimalist with jargon you could say:
The program I am working on uses separate append operations for over 500 strings of text. That is a lot of append operations.
In between this formulation that even my grandmother might be able to follow and the original example, there are any number of possibilities.
I'm interested to see what others come up with.
Jason Donald O'Conal
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I agree almost entirely with Mr Remero. Even in the context of computer programming (I'm a computer programmer, by the way), your sentence does not make much sense. It's as if you were saying, 'The program I'm working on has a lot of multiplies', or '... a lot of rounds'. I would suggest that 'The program I'm working on calls the string object's append function a lot' or 'The program I'm working on performs a lot of string append operations' (as previously suggested).
@J. D. O'Conal: the primary example is from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/73883
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