Reviving an old thread. I was emailing a friend about this and he came up with a unique suggestion that is a direct replacement for the <-1> but actually works as desired. And I've wiped out the original post, so I'm not sure who originated it. But if you're still out there and still looking for an easier route, this may do it for you.
I got bit by the <-1> bug today in mvBase and already had it changed to a direct assignment when Trey sent this to me. So if you're using mvBase, beware the <-1> 'bug' lives there as well. fwiw... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 13:53 To: Allen E. Elwood I always use A.VAR := @AM[1,NOT(NOT(A.VAR))]:NEW.DATA It is much more reliable and much quicker than <-1> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:44 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Changed BASIC varname<1,-1> Oh yeah, sure. I agree. Using LOCATE or FOR/NEXT is my preferred method, but the <-1> does come in handy in some cases, and actually was the main point of the original posting (see bottom in case you weren't following this thread) <snip> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:09 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] Changed BASIC varname<1,-1> If you want them to stay in sync, keep a pointer variable and update each multivalue in tandem using the variable (which points to the mv position) rather than use -1. Personally, I think -1 is fine if there's only one array; if there are multiple to keep in tandem -1 is a yellow flag, fraught with all sorts of impending data corruption. -Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.PrecisOnline.com -----Original Message----- <snip> >Previously, code of A<1,-1> = B, when B was blank made no change to A. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/