Maybe more readable to some but not to others. If you take the symbols at face value, \=, not equal to, is more readable than <>, is less than or greater than. I guess it depends on whether you first encountered the notion in mathematics or programming. To me, the not equal too is more natural.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Some REXX help > > You can also make it a bit more readable, and less character > set dependent, by replacing the \= with <>. > > -- > Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. > RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ > 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ > ----- ^^-^^ > "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in > practice, theory and practice are different." > > > > > On 10/20/08 11:11 PM, "Alan Ackerman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:06:48 -0700, Schuh, Richard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrot > > e: > > > >> Ah, but the semicolon makes it two Rexx statements. The same as > >> > >> If rest¬sym; > >> ='' then call ... > >> > >> Your syntax will be better if you remove the ; > >> > >> Regards, > >> Richard Schuh > > > > Standard HTML entities like > and < start with an & (am > > persand) and end with a ; (semicolon). > > The whole string ¬sym; was supposed to be a NOT SIGN. > True, if you > > typed that into REXX, it would think the ; was a statement > separator. > > But you don't want to remove the semicolon, you want to > map ¬sym; > > to / (slash) or \ (backslash) or not-sign. REXX does not require a > > not-sign > > -- I recommend using backslash. > > > > Alan Ackerman > > Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com >
