Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- Subject: Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:54:40 -0500
On 1/5/06, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 6/1/06 12:44 PM, "has" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I take it back, you merely misunderstood.
>
> In that case I'm probably going to do it again.
> >
> > text from character x to character y
> >
> > is just a synonym for:
> >
> > text (character x) thru (character y)
> >
> > which is a shortcut for:
> >
> > text x thru y
>
> OK, so you're saying the first two are shortcuts for the last.
> >
> > The first two mean the exact same thing, so it makes not one jot of difference
> > which way you write it. The last doesn't, but is usually expanded to the other
> > form under the hood for the user's convenience
>
> So you're saying the long form is "expanded" under the hood into the
> shortcut.
No, he didn't say that at all. He said quite the opposite. "The LAST
doesn't [compile to the same thing], but is usually expanded ..." The
LAST one is the one that gets expanded. If you go back to the list,
you'll see that the LAST one is also the SHORTEST one: "text x thru
y".
I don't see how he could have been any clearer.
--
Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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