On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Leslie Turriff <jlturr...@centurytel.net>wrote:
> I'm writing a little routine to chop bits of information from
> URIs, which I
> have stored in an array. When I try to parse an array element I get this:
>
>
> $bvdl file tempfile
> 146 *-* parse var URI[u] . classification
> REX0038E: Error 38 running /home/turriff/bin/bvdl line 146: Invalid
> template
> or pattern
> REX0368E: Error 38.1: Incorrect PARSE template detected at "["
> $rexx -V
> Open Object Rexx Version 4.1.2
> Build date: Aug 31 2012
> Addressing Mode: 64
>
>
>
> Seems like this might be a bug? The Command Reference says,
>
> "The name must be a symbol that is valid as a variable name, which means it
> cannot start with a period or a digit."
>
> Stem variables, which have imbedded "." work, so I would expect that
> collection elements would as well. Not so?
>
parse var only works with a single variable reference. A collection
reference is an expression, so you need to use the parse value form.
Rick
>
> Leslie
>
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