> I thought that EXTRACT was not taught anymore > as the <> nomenclature works as well.
The "<> nomenclature" _I_S_ "EXTRACT". Or "REPLACE", for assignments. Whenever anyone in this thread or on this list says "extract" or "replace" they are probably thinking of coding it as the <> syntax shortcut, rather than the completely equivalent, but less readable, function forms. It has been this way for decades (plural) across - I dare say - _A_L_L_ MV platforms. E.g., VLIST from UniVerse: 00001: Y = X<2,3> ; Y = EXTRACT( X, 2,3,0 ) 00001 00000 : 060 dyn_extract X 2 3 0 => Y 00001 0000C : 060 dyn_extract X 2 3 0 => Y 00002: A<2,3> = B ; A = REPLACE( A, 2,3,0; B ) 00002 00018 : 064 dyn_replace A 2 3 0 B => A 00002 00026 : 064 dyn_replace A 2 3 0 B => A I can't imagine any MV platform compiling the 2 nomenclatures differently from one another. Dawn Wolthius, our resident historian, can probably tell us where the <> syntax started. My guess is Devcom Information. cds ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
