that, of course should be:
parse line [thru "^-" copy price"]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [REBOL] tabs -- something basic or a bug?
>
>
> This could be a basic misunderstanding on my part, but it's driving me
> crazy...
>
> simple operation:
>
> I read in a text file into a variable using read/lines. At the end of each
> line is a tab and a price.
>
> I want to strip out the prices and save to a variable.
>
> Easy enough, one would think. First get the line by pick. Then parse the
> line with the statement:
>
> parse line [thru "^" copy price]
>
> works quite nicely THE FIRST TIME but then I find that ALL the
> tabs are gone
> not just from the line but the variable containing all the lines read in
> from the text file.
>
> Is this like a bug or do I need to do something to preseve my tabs until
> each line is processed?
>
> --Ralph
>
