Hello Dierk, On Thursday, October 4, 2001 at 16:47 GMT +0200, a creature mimicking Dierk Haasis [DH] wrote:
>> <1> what does the %- designate? DH> It tells TB! that the REGEX is broken into a new line at this point. Slight correction, the %- has two meanings: 1. If at the end of the line, it suppresses the line break. It has nothing to do with Regular Expressions. 2. The %- macro is a place holder, it inserts a NULL string. Suppose you want to prepend the output of one macro to a fixed string, then you can run into trouble. In the template, you need to separate the macro from the string with a space, giving you an undesired result. You can replace the space with the %- macro to mark where the macro ends and the string begins. DH> Usually they have to be in one line. This is only true if you don't want a bunch of blank lines in the output of the template. DH> The developers were nice enough to include this upon request to DH> make REGEX better readable and easier to grasp. While what you say is basically true, this macro is useful for *any* complex template. There have been a myriad of examples posted with *no* regexps where the %- has proven useful. For example, one person wanted a quick template to add two blank lines at the end. Because of TB's free caret editors, that wasn't possible without the %- macro. The solution was to put the %- macro on the third blank line at the end of the template. This is an example of the second function primarily. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal Using The Bat! 1.54 Beta/8 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A I was the next door kid's imaginary friend. -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
