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Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:24:17 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Blair Parses Rexx (was: 2004 Schedule)

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Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
>
> Happy to provide you with a diversion over the holidays.

A very welcome diversion, Lynn, thanks. :)

> I'm certain that you have assisted Bob in the items
> with respect to parsing in REXX he should cover.

Bob is way ahead of me and doesn't need my assistance, but I appreciate
the comment.

It's enlightening that, of all the things which PARSE can do, the one
thing it _doesn't_ do well is the thing that people always use it for.
An example is to pass the name of a state as one of several command line
parameters. PARSE works fine on Alabama, works fine on Alaska, works
fine on Arkansas. But New Jersey, with its embedded space, shifts the
parameters. If you use quote marks and pass "New Jersey" on the command
line PARSE will ignore the quote marks and still shift the parameters.

- Peter

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