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Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:35:32 PST
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Rollin's Rexx

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> On Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:57:24 PST, Peter Skye wrote:
> > parse var str x':'y':'z
> >What exactly was the line you used?

Rollin White wrote:
>
> PARSE VAR Str FileName Size Date Description

Gregory W. Smith wrote:
>
> do while lines(inputfile)>0
> logline = linein(inputfile)
> parse value logline with logdate logtime logentry
> ...
> parse var logdate with yr '/' mm '/' dy
> parse var logtime with hr ':' min ':' sec
> ...
> end /* do */

Okay, found my error. I had "parse var somevar WITH dd '-' mm '-' yy"
and "parse var" isn't supposed to have a "with" (according to the online
docs only "parse value" has a "with"). My first target variable was
being set to a null string; took out the WITH and it works fine.

Rollin, thanks. Until I found my error I was wondering if your "str"
variable might be some keyword I'd missed.

Greg, thanks. Your example is pretty close to what I was writing.

- Peter Skye

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