In a recent note, Dave Salt said:
> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:39:48 +0000
>
> >From: Paul Gilmartin <[log in to unmask]>
> >Let me see if I understand this:
> >
> > SET RED = 'WOMBAT'
> > SET COLOR = RED
> > PRINT &&COLOR /* Prints 'WOMBAT', Doesn't it? */
>
> The CLIST syntax to display WOMBAT would be as follows:
>
> SET RED = WOMBAT /* No quotes required */
> SET COLOR = &RED /* Ampersand required */
> WRITE &COLOR /* WRITE instead of PRINT, with one ampersand */
>
No! Missed the point! If I wanted to display WOMBAT, I could
simply do
WRITE WOMBAT
couldn't I? The objective is to assign to or display the
variable whose (unspecified) name is in &COLOR. The Rexx
equivalent would be:
interpret color "= 'WOMBAT'"
> Hope this helps,
>
Not really, but thanks for trying.
-- gil
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