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  7. Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 08:09:56 -0700
  8. From: kwalker@premenos.com (Ken Walker)
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  10. To: icon-group@optima.cs.arizona.edu, Stuart.Robinson@anu.edu.au
  11. Subject: Re: another program with problems
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  19. > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 18:12:03 +1000
  20. > From: Stuart.Robinson@anu.edu.au (Stuart Robinson)
  21. > ...
  22. >                wordfrag := move(1)        #wordfrag = one character past 
  23. bracket
  24.  
  25. I think your problem is that move(1) fails if there is nothing left in the
  26. string being scanned. Consequently wordfrag retains its previous value.
  27. In this case 'O'. You might try
  28.  
  29.                wordfrag := move(1) | ""
  30.                
  31.  
  32. Ken Walker, kwalker@premenos.com
  33. Premenos Coporation, Concord, Ca. 94520
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