> Dave Walker wrote: > > In terms of using quotes around the filename, I get into the habit of doing > > this as it allows for characters that would not be valid if used without > > quotes.
If you put quotes around the file names etc in S*Basic you are effectively defining a string variable. If you leave the quotes off, it becomes a NAME and goes into the name list. This can lead to problems if you ever want to change the letter case of a file, for example, and don't use quotes. The name version will be used and give you back the original capitalisation. You can see this beautifully in a S*Basic listing : DEF PROC ABCdef ... END DEF abcdef At the END DEF, the 'abcdef' will be changed to 'ABCdef'. (I think the above is correct - my organic RAM is failing these days !) Norman. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
