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From: merriman@ccavax.camb.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Turning off the EOF flag in VAX Pascal
Message-ID: <32888.27026b33@ccavax.camb.com>
Date: 28 Sep 90 01:12:18 GMT
References: <24637@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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In article <24637@adm.BRL.MIL>, 20950709%VUVAXCOM.BITNET@pucc.princeton.edu writes:
>         I have run into an interesting little problem using standard input in
> VAX Pascal.  The problem involves reading an End-Of-File from standard input
> (ie. [Control][Z]) and then trying to read another command from standard input.
> I realize that this goes against the definition of the EOF concept, but lots of
> users go against many more definitions.  Consider the following code segment
> (assume all variable-type declarations are appropriate):
> 
>         If (Not(EOF)) Then Read (First-Try);
>         .
>         .
>         .
>         If (Not(EOF)) Then Read (Second-Try);
> 
> The problem that I encounter is that if the user presses [Control][Z] when
> trying to read "First-Try", there doesn't appear to be any chance of getting to
> read "Second-Try".  Is there some way of setting EOF back to FALSE again?

How about RESET?