A. Costa wrote: > Parse the leading number prefixes to find the input data format. > Then check the rest of the string, if it's not the right format, > return an error. e.g.: > > i 1abc234 ; echo $? > i: error '1abc234' is not a decimal number. > 2
I prefer to just document that behaviour then. The idea of iprint is to be very, very simple. I don't think you can consider this "losing data". I'll change the manpage to make that clear. Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

