On Thu, 10 May 2007 05:22:53 -0500, David Eisenberg wrote: > ELSE IF &SUBSTR(&K,&L)=C THEN SET &X=&STR(&amp;X) > &&amp;&&amp;OPTC< > ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ > Darren, is this a bug in entity conversion by LISTSERV, or did did the submitter post it that way?
>I've tried things like that; it is absolutely not that simple. I just tried >this >solution; it sets X to a single ampersand concatenated only to the last >expression. For example, if the user enters "ABC", the result is "&OPTC". > >There's something more to it than just doubling the ampersands. > CLIST's infernal iterative substitution. On the first iteration, "&&&&OPTC" becomes "&&OPTC" On the second iteration, "&&OPTC" becomes "&OPTC". You always wind up with just one "&". Anyone wonder why I prefer Rexx? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
