Re: /STRING

The behavior is as defined by DPANS:

Adjust the character string at c-addr1 by n characters. The resulting
character string, specified by c-addr2 u2, begins at c-addr1 plus n
characters and is u1 minus n characters long.

I actually use it when parsing strings, using the /STRING function
until it returns a negative value.

rick

On 3/15/07, Gene LeFave <gene_at_tekdata.com> wrote:
> I just got stung by a bug caused by calling /STRING with a value greater
> then the string length. Seems to me that /STRING ought to check for that
> and not return a string length <0.
>
> On the other hand I can see how someone might expect that behavior and
> use /STRING for something other then strings.
>
> Just wondering what other folks thought.
>
> Gene
>
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