'Y' in defined item name

[Lemin, Graeme]

Wow, he's right!  I tried it, and got the same result.

Maybe it's a southern hemisphere thing?

Graeme Lemin
Telstra Media Services
Melbourne, Australia



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Martijn Nabben   (INL) [SMTP:Martijn.Nabben@inl.co.nz]
> Sent:	Friday, 9 November 2001 2:50 pm
> To:	'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Cc:	Lynley Smith   (INL)
> Subject:	'Y' in defined item name
> 
> Here's a very straight-forward Quiz program:
> 
> > cancel clear
> > access <file>
> >
> > define ybcde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE 
> > define aycde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE 
> > define abyde date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE 
> > define abcye date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE 
> > define abcdy date format ddmmyy = PERM-START-DATE 
> >
> > report ybcde &
> >        aycde &
> >        abyde &
> >        abcye &
> >        abcdy
> > go
> 
> And here's the output:
>     YBCDE     AYCDE     ABYDE     ABCYE     ABCDY
> 
>   01/05/60  01/05/60  010560    01/05/60  01/05/60
>   27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
>   27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
>   27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
>   27/05/60  27/05/60  270560    27/05/60  27/05/60
> 
> My query: EVERY TIME when the character "Y" is in THIRD position of a
> DEFINEd item name, the date SEPARATOR is not printed. Why is that?
> 
> Cheers,
> Martijn Nabben
> Analyst/Programmer, INL IT
> Wellington, New Zealand
> PowerHouse 4GL Quiz version 7.10.G on VAX/OpenVMS V7.1
> 
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