On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:03:46 -0400, John Gilmore wrote:
>
>arg = upper(argument) ;
>match = (arg = 'NO') ;
>
>The same thing can be done in C, using all but identical assignment
>statements (although the variable declarations for them must be
>
But why bother when you can use the standard library function,
strcasecmp()?
>different). Moreover, since Paul Gilmartin raised the issue, I will
>add that this is a fortiori possible in assembly language too.
>
>It is of course true that
>
>match = (arg = 'no') | (arg = 'nO') | (arg = 'No')
> | arg = ('NO') ;
>
>is longer than it would be if the term (arg = 'nO') were omitted, but
>I would dispense with the services of a programmer who wrote such
>things.
>
My assertion was (and is) that the HLASM macro-language UPPER and
LOWER BIFs avail little to this end.
>I am delighted that Charles found a solution to his problem.
>
Not only a problem but also a perplexity over elliptical documentation.
-- gil
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