I also have good success with: XX=DCOUNT(VAR,CHAR(254)) LOOP LINE=VAR<1> DEL VAR<1> .. .. REPEAT
Of course it destroys the dynamic array as it works, but it's speed it consistant. George >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:10 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Exit BASIC program with SELECT list? > > >On 26 Oct 2004 13:26:22 -0700, Allen Egerton wrote: >> Why wouldn't you use the REMOVE statement? > >On 26 Oct 2004 16:33:55 -0700, Allen E. Elwood wrote: >> Ohh.....lemme see, could it be that I've never heard of REMOVE? > >A caution with REMOVE - It removes up to the next DELIMITER, >so if you have >value marks or lower delimiters in your data, you won't skip an entire >attribute. Full UniData syntax is > >REMOVE var FROM dyn.var [AT col.pos] SETTING delim.code > >delim.code returns the delimiter: 0=End, 1=Record Mark, >2=Attribute Mark, >etc. > >I found the following works rather well, and returns full attributes >without extra coding: > >SELECT DYM.ARRAY TO LIST.VAR >LOOP WHILE READNEXT ATTR FROM LIST.VAR DO > <process ATTR> >REPEAT > >Also, when building a list, I found on our system that using > >NEW.LIST = NEW.LIST:@AM:NEW.VAL > >works faster than the <-1> construct. > >Your mileage may vary. > >--Tom Pellitieri > Century Equipment > Toledo, Ohio >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
