On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:20:56 +0000, Bill Wilkie wrote: > >Also, Since you never know how many spaces will exist between the DD and the >word Dummy, but I imagine DUMMY in this context will mostly be followed by a >space, why not "DUMMYb " where the b is a blank? Unless there could be a >comma followed by a dcb? > Oops. RECFM=F mindset. But what if some contributor's mailer strips trailing blanks. Then DUMMY will neither be followed by a blank nor be followed by a comma: there will be no other character between the "DUMMY" and the end of the line.
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