AE is the brainchild of one Leif Smith as I recall. Haven't seen him in years, but he used to stomp around here in Denver.
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:53 PM, McGowan, Ian < james.mcgo...@bankofthewest.com> wrote: > It's well worth spending some time reading the AE help pages. One of my > favorites is "help +" which ends with the gem "We could go on and on about > this, but you probably get it." I'm a huge fan of AE, even though I spend > most of my programming time inside a visual editor (I like joe [ > http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/], not to start a religious debate). I > don't use AE prestores with the wild abandon of my misspent youth, but > they're still a handy thing to know. If anyone knows the author of AE, let > me know - I owe him or her several drinks... > > The backtick is just the default 'command delimiter'. You can read more > about it with: > > *--: help delimiter > Command: CDelimiter (CD) > > 'CD' allows you to change the command delimiter to any single character. > When you enter the editor for the first time the command delimiter is > set to the ` (weirdmark, not single quote) character. > > Examples: > > *--: CD [displays the current command delimiter; no change] > Command delimiter is ` > > *--: CD# [changes the command delimiter to '#'] > Command delimiter is now # > > The Command Delimiter is a single character that separates multiple > editor commands when they are entered at a single editor prompt. > > Valid command delimiters are: > > ` , ; # $ % & ~ | [ ] { } / " ' > > <and then onto prestores> > Example: > > *--: G10`G20`G30 [go to line 10, then to 20, then to 30] > > A rather pointless command, but it illustrates the principle. > > Multipart commands are very useful as prestored commands. They allow > processing many records with a single command. For example, suppose > you had a select list of 100 records, and each of them needs every > occurrence of '100' changed to '250'. You can do this with a multipart > prestored command. > > First create the prestored command: > > =DOITALL CU9999/100/250`FI`=DOITALL > > Then run the command '=DOITALL' by entering '=DOITALL' as a command. > > The editor will then loop through the list of records, perform the > change for each of them, file each of them, and then run =DOITALL again > on the next record. > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 4:33 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > Unreal. This old dog just learnt a new trick. > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Daniel McGrath > <dmcgr...@rocketsoftware.com>wrote: > > > A tip my original mentor taught me on the first day was that in ED/AE, > > the back tick (`) gets treated as an empty line so you can keep going > > in insert mode and not need to worry about it. > > > > Regards, > > Dan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Martin Scholl > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:07 PM > > To: 'U2 Users List' > > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > > > The dots were just there to keep the numbered list going, The same I > > use dots in the Editor to enter blank lines. Later I go to the top and > > do > > R/.//50 to remove the dot. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:04 PM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > > > > > What are the periods in 3 and 4 for? > > Did you try removing those? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Woodward, Bob <bob_woodw...@k2sports.com> > > To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > > Sent: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 11:49 am > > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > > > > > Just to make sure, you're wanting FIELD 178 and the first value of > > that field. Correct? Because you have a length of 1, left justified > > I want to make sure you're not looking for the first character of the > 178th field. > > Maybe if you showed what you're wanting and what you're getting, > > instead, then we'd be sure to give you an answer that makes sense. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill > > Haskett > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 11:45 AM > > To: U2 Users List > > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston > > > > Martin: > > > > This is the only way to do accomplish the defined task in UniData. > > Maybe "@RECORD<178,1>" is the preferred method in UV. > > > > Bill > > Untitled Page > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* msch...@martinscholl.com > > *To:* U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > > *Date:* 2/4/2014 11:33 AM > > *Subject:* [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston > > > UniVerse. > > > > > > I want to create a dictionary item that extract value <178,1> > > > > > > I thought > > > > > > 1. I > > > 2. EXTRACT(@RECORD,178,1,0) > > > 3. . > > > 4. . > > > 5. 1L > > > 6. S > > > > > > > > > Would do but it does not give me the desired result. 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