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From: IO92203@MAINE.BITNET (Scott Maxell)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Just disregard me
Message-ID: <91116.084010IO92203@MAINE.BITNET>
Date: 26 Apr 91 12:40:10 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.003242.14942@javelin.sim.es.com>
Organization: University of Maine System
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In article <1991Apr26.003242.14942@javelin.sim.es.com>,
tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (Tim Clinkenpeel) says:
>
>i fiddled, i faddled, i fuddled and then i posted a message for help.
>
>of course after posting i decide to try ONE LAST THING, which was:
>
>repeat while upcase(key) not in ['A','B','H','W'];
>
>i just knew it was syntax.  however, i was once ploggin' through someone
>else's
>code and they had done something very similar without having to quote and
>comma
>but once (like my first example).  memory is shady about this incident, so i'd
>like to know if it's possible or they had writting a custom routine.
>
 
   What you probably saw was a set constructed as follows:
 
   LetSetType = ['A'..'Z'];
 
   Or something similar to that. This type of set will only work with
a contiguous subrange of a larger set.
 
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