Gotcha !!

[Chris Sharman]

Thanks - took me & a colleague a while to discover what wasn't working !
PH sometimes warns about reserved word conflicts, and sometimes not.

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deskin, Bob [mailto:bob.deskin@cognos.com]
> Sent: 24 January 2003 14:40
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: RE: Gotcha !!
>
>
> I just looked through the QUIZ syntax table and sure enough MISSING is a
> keyword that's used in the same way as NULL. I guess we should
> document that
> :-) I'll pass it on to our publications people.
>
> Bob Deskin
> PowerHouse Web Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
> bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Sharman [mailto:chris.sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 8:53 AM
> To: PowerH List
> Subject: Gotcha !!
>
>
>
> Qz> def missing char*1 = "Y"
> Qz> def what char*5 = "Works" if missing = "Y" else "Brain"
> Qz> rep what missing
> Qz> go
>
> Displays "Brain   Y"
>
> It seems that missing is suffering some kind of reserved word conflict -
> change it to mymissing & all's well.
> However, I'm not aware of it being reserved, except for the Quick "for
> missing" construct.
>
> VMS 7.3, PH 7.10.G3
>
> Chris
>
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