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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:49:48 PDT
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- From: Dave Gomberg <GOMBERG@UCSFVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Expressions in compound variables (was Re: NOVALUE)
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue,
- 15 Sep 1992 15:33:20 EDT from <ophof@SERVER.UWINDSOR.CA>
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- Wait, Scott, this isn't FORTRAN subscripting. What if I want a
- reference to A3. Can I code: I=3; X=A(I) ? Why not? This is
- where the REXX committee fell apart in its determination. We
- understand the desire for inplace expressions, but felt in the
- end that VALUE was a small enough price. There you would have:
- I=3; X=VALUE('A'I). And there is now a pseudovariable as well.
- How is that so terrible? Dave
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