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From: [e-mail] (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a bug in fonction \Fcode(Char)
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Date: 21 Oct 95 15:35:38 MDT
References: <468l5o$[e-mail]>
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In article <468l5o$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dominique Ottello) writes:
> Hello from France.
>
> I think there is a bug into Kermit MS-DOS Version 3.14
> The fonction \Fcode(Char) return the value 150 for a space as for u-circomflex
>
> I try this :
>
> define line ==   SERIAL NUMBER : D00536      ==
> ;
> ; Search for position of (:) into Line
> assign Begin \Findex(:,\m(Ligne),1)         <<< TYPO, \m(line)
> increment Begin
> ;
> ; Extract substring beginning after (:) to the end of Line into SN2End
> assign SN2End \Fsubstr(\m(Line),\m(Begin),)
> ;
> define \%n 1
> :Bcl
> assign Tmp \Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),\%n,1)
> ;
> assign Ascii \Fcode(\m(Tmp))
> echo {Char=\m(Tmp) Code=\m(Ascii)}
> ;
> ; Test if the character is a Space
> if = \m(Ascii) 32 goto LenOK
> increment \%n
> goto Bcl
> ;
> :LenOK
> decrement \%n
> assign SN \Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),1,\%n)
> echo Line=\M(Line)
> echo {SN extracted from Line=\m(SN)}
>
> There are spaces after D00536 into variable Line,
> but the fonction \Fcode(\m(Tmp)) always return 150 when Tmp is a space.
> So, I am not able to test where ends the serial number.
>
> Is there a patch to correct this problem ?
> Or is there any possibility to do this test another way ?
>
> Best Regards
>
> Dominique Ottello
> [e-mail]
---------
    The problem is straight forward to discover and to solve. It is
a \fsubstr() operation can result in a space, and if that is the only
definition for an ASSIGN command then the definition appears to be empty
and the variable is undefined/removed.
    Aside from the typo noted above here is a version of your script
which works. Note that you have a possible infinite loop, which should
be avoided by   set count \flength(string), ... if count  to terminate
after examining all string bytes. I removed some of your lines by ;;;
comment indicators and slipped in the count saftey net.

define line ==   SERIAL NUMBER : D00536      ==
;
; Search for position of (:) into Line
assign Begin \Findex(:,\m(Line),1)
increment Begin
;
; Extract substring beginning after (:) to the end of Line into SN2End
assign SN2End \Fsubstr(\m(Line),\m(Begin),)
;
define \%n 1
;; optional safety net by jrd
set count \flength(SN2End)

:Bcl
;;;assign Tmp \Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),\%n,1)
;
;;;assign Ascii \Fcode(\m(Tmp))
assign Ascii \Fcode(\Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),\%n,1))
;;;echo Char=\m(Tmp) Code=\m(Ascii)
echo Char=\Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),\%n,1) Code=\m(Ascii)
;
; Test if the character is a Space
if = \m(Ascii) 32 goto LenOK
increment \%n
;; optional safety net by jrd
if count -
goto Bcl
;
:LenOK
decrement \%n
assign SN \Fsubstr(\m(SN2End),1,\%n)
echo Line=\M(Line)
echo {SN extracted from Line=\m(SN)}

    Joe D.