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From: defaria@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Andy DeFaria)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Dose anybody have space det. code!!!!!!!!!
Message-ID: <45670012@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
Date: 27 Apr 91 00:02:24 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.155720.1561@e2big.mko.dec.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>/ hpcupt3:comp.lang.pascal / sag@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Steve Gabrilowitz) / 12:09 pm  Apr 23, 1991 /
>|> >    for i := 1 to length(my_string) do   { for each char in the string }
>|> >    	if my_string[i] = chr(20) then   { if the char is a space }
>|> >    		my_string[i] = chr(45)   { replace it with a - }
                                                                     ^
>A perfect example of why the code should have been written as:
>
>  for i := 1 to length(my_string) do
>    if my_string[i] = ' ' then
>      my_string[i] := '_';
                        ^
>
>Easier to read, harder to make silly  mistakes, and more portable (in case
>you have  some insane  urge to port the  program to an  EBCDIC  machine for
>example ;-)  

I agree but...

Of course you made the  mistake of using  underscore (_) where it  seems  a
hyphen was intended (-).