Thats unfortunate, I remember long time ago working with Wayne on this double dot or indirect addressing. so a feature has not been considered a bug ;-0 One of the big pluses of R:Base used to be this dynamic programming feature.
Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized WiTango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WiTangoGoodies.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Using macro substitution after left paren in expression --- Ben Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if this still works, used to... > CHOOSE vVarName FROM #GLOBAL > set v vVarName = ('.' + .vVarName) > SET VAR vResult REAL = (.vVarName / 2) Clever one Ben. Unfortunately: A) The expression evaluator has been tightened up to cause this to fail. B) My real usage involves a column name in an UPDATE expression, and so the extra '.' would not have the desired effect. -- Larry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
