Glenn, you can combine those PICKS into one. It is a bit silly to test for two words in a two-column range, isn't it? If you have verified that there is at least one word in 137.8, 146.8 you can combine the test for too many into one by rejecting word 3 of the combined range.
In the not equal tests, you can compare the entire range against eight blanks; that saves taking the substring. j. 2009/4/3 Glenn Knickerbocker <[email protected]> > Usually I'm content to assume that lists of files and such that I'm > going to act on were produced in a way I have control over and have the > right number of words in the right place. When I need to double-check, > is there a more compact way than a huge cascade of PICK and VERIFY > stages like this? > > ... | pick 136 == " " > | pick substr w1 of 137.8 ¬== "" > | pick substr w2 of 137.8 == "" > | pick 145 == " " > | pick substr w1 of 146.8 ¬== "" > | pick substr w2 of 146.8 == "" > | pick 154 == " " > | pick substr w1 of 155.2 ¬== "" > | pick substr w2 of 155.2 == "" > | verify 157 " " > | ... > > ¬R >
