Of course I meant numtochar() not chr(). Apparently I still have FoxPro on the 
brain from years ago.

Bob



> Wha??? That just makes no sense at all! A CR should be chr(13) and LF should 
> be chr(10). Period. If in Revolution it is not, then I need to go back and 
> edit a whole lot of scripts!
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Oct 14, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Peter Brigham MD wrote:
> 
>> Just noticed, in reading the dictionary on "constant" --
>> 
>> CR = return = LF = linefeed = numtochar(10)
>> but
>> "CRLF" is listed as "Equivalent to a carriage return (ASCII 13, Control-M) 
>> followed by a line feed (ASCII 10, Control-J)," implying that "carriage 
>> return" = numtochar(13) <> linefeed. Apparently, "carriage return" <> "CR" 
>> ... WTF?
>> 
>> Practically speaking, I never think about this, and always use cr for 
>> delimiting lines and trust to the engine to translate between platforms -- 
>> but the definitions and terminology are certainly inconsistent. I'm glad I 
>> don't *have* to keep it straight....
>> 
>> -- Peter
>> 
>> Peter M. Brigham
>> [email protected]
>> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>> 
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