Troy, lemme' ask you f/confirmation. Did you use the SET MANY=~ so that the following CLE VAR %1, %2 would work properly?
TIA, Steve in Memphis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Troy Sosamon > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Parameters, Value of > > > Steve, > > You have the ability to pass parameters in R:base, but you should > be sure to > clean the stuff up so you don't have any weird problems. > > Example, I want a program that computes the area of a square, and > I want to > pass it the length of the sides and the program will write the > result to the > screen. > > I call it like this: > run square.cmd using 3, 2 > > square.cmd looks something like this: > set var side1 real = 0 > set var side2 real = 0 > > set var side1 = .%1 > set var side2 = .%2 > set many=~ > cle var %1, %2 > set many=% > > set var varea real > set var varea = (.side1 * .side2) > write 'The area of a box of', .side1, 'by', .side2, 'is', .varea > > cle var side1, side2, varea > return > > > You want to clear out your % vars as soon as you are done w/ them so they > don't get in the way in case you call other programs passing parameters. > Because all vars in R:base are global, it really is not necessare > to use them. > > Troy Sosamon > > > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >Could y'all gimme' a few words about parameters? I'm wondering > about their > >value, given that var's are global in RB, yet I see echoed by SHO VAR, > >%1-1..N, %2-1..N, etc. Such elucidation would be appreciated. > > > >TIA, > >Steve in Memphis > > > >================================================ > >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > >================================================ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > >================================================ > >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > Troy Sosamon > Denver Co > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
