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- From: eric@sejnet.sunet.se (Eric Thomas)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: Eric's question
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.233631.1@sejnet.sunet.se>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 23:36:31 GMT
- References: <ANDERS.92Aug29050537@lise3.lise.unit.no> <1992Aug29.163731.1@sejnet.sunet.se> <ANDERS.92Aug29194248@lise3.lise.unit.no>
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- In article <ANDERS.92Aug29194248@lise3.lise.unit.no>, anders@lise3.lise.unit.no (Anders Christensen) writes:
- >> Parse var data a b . ' A('c')' d
- >
- > You use a Space character in the pattern to denote a whitespace.
-
- If my space matches a tab, how do I do when I *have* to match a space, and only
- a space? I suppose I can't. I suppose we are back to the typical unix situation
- where strings that contain arbitrary characters cannot be manipulated with the
- standard functions provided by the language, and where you have to implement
- your own set of routines for such purposes.
-
- > OK, then your program will continue to work on the CMS machine, since
- > the assumptions it makes are correct in that environment.
- > If you move to Unix machine, then you want to write the rexx script
- > from scratch (that's how I understand your 'No'). Then you should use a
- > dataformat more suitable for the Unix environment.
-
- What a pathetic conclusion - "if you can't do it, it means you shouldn't do it
- this way, and not that something is wrong". But again you forgot what I wrote
- at the very beginning of the articles you are quoting: FORGET THE NAMES FILE!
- The question is not about data formats for personal alias files, it's about
- having a usable language. If "search" functions interpret blanks as "any white
- space", how can I make a search on a binary key which happens to contain a $20?
-
- Eric
-