How to loop through characters of a string in D language?

[kdevel]

On Wednesday, 8 December 2021 at 13:01:32 UTC, BoQsc wrote:
[...]
> I'm not getting used to the syntax and that leads to poor 
> readability.

It depends on what you expect when you read source code. I don't 
want to read how seats in the memory are assigned to bits and 
bytes. Instead I want to read what is done.

> But that might be just me.

Unfortunately not.

> Anyways,
> Here is what I've come up with.
>
> ```
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main()
> {
>     string a = "abc;def;ab";
> 	string b;
> 	
> 	for(int i=0; i<a.length; i++){
> 		write(i);
> 		writeln(a[i]);
> 		if (a[i] != ';'){
> 			b ~= a[i];
> 		}
> 		
> 	}
> 	
>     writeln(b);
> }
> ```

PRO:

- saves two lines of boilerplate code

CONS:

- raw loop
- postinc ++ is only permitted in ++C
- inconsistent spacing around "="
- mixing tabs and spaces for indentation
- arrow code