Is it something like this you had in mind?
alias mputtok {
if $0 < 4 || 3 \\ $calc($0 -4) {
echo -ac info * $!mputtok: incorrect amount of parameters
return
}
var %string = $1, %i = 2, %ii = 3, %iii = 4
while %iii <= $0 {
%string = $puttok(%string,$($ $+ %i,2),$($ $+ %ii,2),$($ $+ %iii,2))
inc %i 3 | inc %ii 3 | inc %iii 3
}
return %string
}
$mputtok(a.s.d.f,1,1,46,2,2,46,3,3,46,4,4,46) returns 1.2.3.4