Sorry for the late reply. > Wouldn't it be useful to have parameters like \$[m-n] that pick out > the parameters \$m through \$n ? > > Right now, a macro's body can use \$1 ... \$n, and \$*, and \$@, and > then call .shift howsoever many times to get the right "slice". > However, a similar ability isn't available for string definitions > (with .ds). \$[m-n] (and perhaps also \$[m-] and \$[-n] where one > end of the range is not specified) would ameliorate this lack.
I'm not sure that it would help a lot. Normally, you have to manipulate the argument indices before accessing the arguments based on some condition, and within strings this is not possible. To better judge the whole issue please provide a sample where such functionality would be useful. Werner
