you could also do something like this: /* */ Do i = 1 to 10 out = 'col'i Say right(out,length(out)+i-1) End
Which doesn't depend on typing spaces, And shows that it is probably the editor rather than rexx. Scott Rohling On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I noticed another difference in the source files. In the rexx code, > the > say begins in cc1 and the literal is in cc4, in the C code the printf > begins in cc2 and the literal begins in cc10. So I tried moving my SAY > statements over one cc at a time. Once I got the literal beginning in cc8 > - > the tabs went away. So "the" is inserting tabs for some other language > formatting. > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, there are \t in the source. The question is, How did they get > there? > > > > Is it the editor? > > Well that's easy enough to test. The file was created with "the" so I > > modified the file using vi. delete the tabs, and insert spaces. > > Now when I run it, it displays properly. So maybe it's "the", except > that > > I also used "the" to create the test.c program and it does not have the > same > > problems. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Edmund R. MacKenty < > > ed.macke...@rocketsoftware.com> wrote: > > > >> On Thursday, November 04, 2010 09:25:14 am you wrote: > >> > #! /usr/bin/rexx > >> > /* */ > >> > say'....+....1....+....2....+....3' > >> > say'col1' > >> > say' col2' > >> > say' col3' > >> > say' col4' > >> > say' col5' > >> > say' col6' > >> > exit > >> > >> You sure your editor isn't inserting TAB characters when you type > spaces? > >> Some try to be "smart" about indentation. A simple way to find out: > >> > >> od -c test.rxx > >> > >> If you see any "\t" sequences in the output, then you know the TABs are > in > >> the > >> source code. > >> - MacK. > >> ----- > >> Edmund R. MacKenty > >> Software Architect > >> Rocket Software > >> 275 Grove Street - Newton, MA 02466-2272 - USA > >> Tel: +1.617.614.4321 > >> Email: m...@rs.com > >> Web: www.rocketsoftware.com > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or > >> visit > >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit > >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark D Pace > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
