I knew all that except IB To your question of why you need two spaces in IB<space><space><enter> This is because the *first* space is not an operand, it's just a delimiter to separate the opera*TOR* from the oper*AND* (Maybe that should be oper*ATOR*... ) at any rate, it's a throw away
The thing it's opera*TING* on, is whatever follows the delimiter In this case the space In the other case the text The second space is the *text* if you will that it should operate upon. -----Original Message----- From: Charles Stevenson <[email protected]> To: U2 Users List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2014 1:49 am Subject: [U2] "ED: The very finest of 1970s technology!" was: UniVerse Dictionary question & it's been that way for, oh I dunno, going back to PI, 30+ years? That's in input mode. Here are some related ED facts about edit-mode that I've found Pickies (vs. Primates) don't seem to know: R<space> <enter> replaces current line with a blank line. I<space>this is some text<enter> will insert a line "this is some text"but leave yoiu in edit-mode, not insert-mode. IB will put you in input mode BEFORE the line you're on. IB<space>this is a some text<enter> will insert a line "this is some text" BEFORE the current line but leave yoiu in edit-mode, not insert-mode. There is a bit of an inconsistency with IB: IB<space><space><enter> Inserts a blank line BEFORE current line. I don't know why 2 spaces are needed. Oh, well. R<enter> repeats the previous full-line Replacement C<enter> repeats the previous Change command. R this is some text<enter> replaces thw whole line. R/ABC/XYZ is really C/ABC/XYZ So if you pickies are used to saying R/ABC/XYZ/ That is really a Change command, C/ABC/XYZ. So subsequent C<enter> will repeat your R/ABC/XYZ/ Finally, there is the actually helpful HELP<enter> command. (Check out HELP SEQ<enter>.) AE aficionados may quibble over the ED motto, "The very finest of 1970s technology!" cds On 2/6/2014 4:24 AM, Clif Oliver wrote: > The UniVerse ED verb in input mode accepts a *single* space as a null line indicator. > > > Regards, > > Clif > > > On Feb 5, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Daniel McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A tip my original mentor taught me on the first day was that in ED/AE, the back tick (`) gets treated as an empty line so you can keep going in insert mode and not need to worry about it. >> >> Regards, >> Dan >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Scholl >> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:07 PM >> To: 'U2 Users List' >> Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question >> >> The dots were just there to keep the numbered list going, The same I use >> dots in the Editor to enter blank lines. Later I go to the top and do R/.//50 to remove the dot. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wjhonson >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question >> >> >> What are the periods in 3 and 4 for? >> Did you try removing those? >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Woodward, Bob <[email protected]> >> To: U2 Users List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 11:49 am >> Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question >> >> >> Just to make sure, you're wanting FIELD 178 and the first value of that field. Correct? Because you have a length of 1, left justified I want to make sure you're not looking for the first character of the 178th field. >> Maybe if you showed what you're wanting and what you're getting, instead, then we'd be sure to give you an answer that makes sense. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 11:45 AM >> To: U2 Users List >> Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston >> >> Martin: >> >> This is the only way to do accomplish the defined task in UniData. >> Maybe "@RECORD<178,1>" is the preferred method in UV. >> >> Bill >> Untitled Page >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* [email protected] >> *To:* U2 Users List <[email protected]> >> *Date:* 2/4/2014 11:33 AM >> *Subject:* [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston >>> UniVerse. >>> >>> I want to create a dictionary item that extract value <178,1> >>> >>> I thought >>> >>> 1. I >>> 2. EXTRACT(@RECORD,178,1,0) >>> 3. . >>> 4. . >>> 5. 1L >>> 6. S >>> >>> >>> Would do but it does not give me the desired result. Any suggestions? >>> _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
