To me, \= is not "not equal" at all; This conversation was the first time I'd ever seen that notation. The not sign is specific, but doesn't exist on some character sets. The only consistent one would be <>, at least in my experience. -- Bob Nix
On 10/21/08 10:56 AM, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe more readable to some but not to others. If you take the symbols > at face value, \=, not equal to, is more readable than <>, is less than > or greater than. I guess it depends on whether you first encountered the > notion in mathematics or programming. To me, the not equal too is more > natural. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 >> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:48 AM >> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >> Subject: Re: Some REXX help >> >> You can also make it a bit more readable, and less character >> set dependent, by replacing the \= with <>. >> >> -- >> Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. >> RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ >> 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ >> ----- ^^-^^ >> "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in >> practice, theory and practice are different." >> >> >> >> >> On 10/20/08 11:11 PM, "Alan Ackerman" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:06:48 -0700, Schuh, Richard >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrot >>> e: >>> >>>> Ah, but the semicolon makes it two Rexx statements. The same as >>>> >>>> If rest¬sym; >>>> ='' then call ... >>>> >>>> Your syntax will be better if you remove the ; >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Richard Schuh >>> >>> Standard HTML entities like > and < start with an & (am >>> persand) and end with a ; (semicolon). >>> The whole string ¬sym; was supposed to be a NOT SIGN. >> True, if you >>> typed that into REXX, it would think the ; was a statement >> separator. >>> But you don't want to remove the semicolon, you want to >> map ¬sym; >>> to / (slash) or \ (backslash) or not-sign. REXX does not require a >>> not-sign >>> -- I recommend using backslash. >>> >>> Alan Ackerman >>> Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com >>
