Is always five elements?
You want to yield a subscripted variable such that (1) = B, (2) = C,
...
Is that right? You don't like
(1) SETC (2)
Etc.?
You don't like it because the count is not always five?
There's a thing called Created SET symbols that might be relevant but I
confess I am
I'm trying to achieve the effect of POSIX shell "shift" or Rexx
"subword(2)".
Suppose my is A,B,C,D,E. Is there a straightforward way
to discard the A, and get B,C,D,E such as (2..5)?
(I do not consider a loop straightforward.)
--
Thanks.
gil
Ed might have prioritized brevity because he's not paid to do your coding
for you. His example is idiomatic for an experienced developer, and if
you're not experienced, then you have a learning opportunity.
I have no patience with the fear that a "maintenance newbie" can't be
expected to learn
On May 27, 2022, at 10:08:37, Charles Mills wrote:
>
> ORG , is not two empty arguments. It is one empty argument, with a comma so
> that the first word of any comment does not get taken as an argument.
>
This was discussed here long ago and the experts agreed that for macros at
least:
ORG , is not two empty arguments. It is one empty argument, with a comma so
that the first word of any comment does not get taken as an argument.
ORG Get back where we were
Would give you an error on "Get" (unless GET happened to be a valid label,
which would yield a
On May 26, 2022, at 16:26:38, Charles Mills wrote:
>
> And what is that? Some comments?
>
My thought, but what?:
A paraphrase of the OP's requirement?
And/or explanation of the unintuitive semantics of:
o "*" within a repetitive constant definition?
o A character self-defining term used as a
Ooh, that is slick.
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On 5/26/2022 2:23 PM, Schmitt, Michael wrote:
> I want to replace all '*' with a
