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Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
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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: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:19:17 +1100
  • Thread-topic: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable

Let me try that again with better formatting...


On 6/1/06 1:54 PM, "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden> wrote:

> 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".

>
But he also said:

>> text (character x) thru (character y)

>>
>>
 which is a shortcut for:

>>
>>
    text x thru y

>>
Is that not contradictory?

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>



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