Yes, cheating. Sometimes cheating is OK. ;-)
Another alternative (to be considered only after determining if the
process could be better handled in the pipe itself):
...pipe stuff...
'| VAR newname'
If symbol('NEWNAME')='VAR' /* 'NEWNAME' must be in quotes and IIRC
capitalized */
then go ahead and use the variable as set by the pipe
else the variable was not set, take appropriate action
I confess to using TRACKING or symbol('VARNAME_WHATEVER') depending on how
clear my mind is at the moment.
Symbol() is probably a more "clean" technique, but Rich's "STEM" solution
works well to (esp. with a 'TAKE 1' stage before it).
Mike Walter
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On 2/28/07, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> '| VAR newname TRACKING'
Cheating ! ;-)
Since the "var" stage will also pass the records along, I sometimes do
it like this:
...
| var response
| take | count lines | var worktodo
if worktodo then ...
Rob
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