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Article #719Re: variables (was: Re: Finding the CSD)
From: burke
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 18:47
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 18:47
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In article <1gvqktINNimb@flipper.pvv.unit.no>, dhmyrdal@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal) writes: > I think that the following should work: > *set tmp <foo> > *setmacro <foo> <tmp> <thing> > *unset tmp > But I have to admit that I have not tried it... :-) No; *set tmp <foo> will set tmp to the current *value* of foo. What you want is to get at the equivalence string, otherwise it stops being a macro. e----><----p | Stephen Burke | Internet: burke@vxdesy.desy.de H H 1 | Gruppe FH1T (Liverpool) | DECnet: vxdesy::burke (13313::burke) H H 11 | DESY, Notkestrasse 85 | BITNET: BURKE@DESYVAX or SB2@UKACRL HHHHH 1 | 2000 Hamburg 52 | JANET: sb2@uk.ac.rl.ib H H 1 | Germany | Phone: + 49 40 8998 2282 H H 11111 | HERA, the world's largest electron microscope!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!dxcern!dscomsa!vxdesy.desy.de!burke From: burke@vxdesy.desy.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech Subject: Re: variables (was: Re: Finding the CSD) Message-ID: <1992Dec20.184726.1@vxdesy.desy.de> Date: 20 Dec 92 18:47:26 GMT References: <4813@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> <DBH.92Dec14185801@wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1992Dec16.191701.1@vxdesy.desy.de> <1gvqktINNimb@flipper.pvv.unit.no> Sender: usenet@dscomsa.desy.de (usenet) Organization: (DESY, Hamburg, Germany) Lines: 16