Way to miss the point. On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 2:58 AM Paul Gilmartin < 0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 14:25:09 +1100, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > > >Quoted strings always gave me grief. I started to use Q='7D'X and > >concatenate my strings this way: > > > >Str = Q||DsNAme||Q. > >LISTDSI(Str) > > > I find that less transparent and surely more verbose than: > LISTDSI( "'"DsNAme"'" ) or even: > LISTDSI( ''''DsNAme'''' ) > > Programmers who eschew concatenation by abuttal are > flaunting their unfamiliarity with the language. > > (But how does this play against the wise principle that > self-defining terms should be assigned to symbols > rather than used repeatedly: > TWO = '2' > SAY TWO + TWO > ?) > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
