Bob,
Here is an example.
Suppose US phone numbers stored as
123-456-7890 (area code 123)
or 123-4567 (area code 'unk'nown)
DICT ... AREA.CODE
01: I
02: PHONE; COUNT( @, '-' ); IF @ > 1 THEN @1[ '-', 1, 1] ELSE 'unk'
same as
02: PHONE; COUNT( @1, '-' ); IF @2 > 1 THEN @1[ '-',1,1] ELSE 'unk'
Not the best algorithm, but it illustrates.
Wols,
You gotta give an example, of a nested I-descriptor successfully
referencing another with multiple ";"-separated expressions.
cds
On 9/15/2011 11:18 AM, Woodward, Bob wrote:
Wait a minute... How do you point to the previous expression? @<-1>????
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On 15/09/11 14:38, Charles Stevenson wrote:
Allows you to reference this I-descriptor from another I-descriptor
in the future.
UV doesn't let you do that if there are multiple expressions
separated by semi-colons.
There is no good reason for that restriction other than internal,
how it was implemented.
I think Prime might have had the same restriction. But it's because UV
doesn't reference one I-descriptor from another, it expands it and all
the @s end up pointing to the wrong place. Actually, so if your @ merely
points at the previous expression, it should work. It's as soon as you
use @1 @2 etc that it'll blow up.
Cheers,
Wol
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