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From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (Tim Clinkenpeel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: wish i could figure this out for myself
Message-ID: <1991May3.140719.5931@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 3 May 91 14:07:19 GMT
Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah
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a routine i have makes quite a few checks to see if a given character is in a
set of characters.  i am unable to determine the proper format and data types
to accomplish this.  here's an example (not working example) of what i'm trying
to do:

procedure imstumped;
 type cantsee = set of char;
 begin
  cantsee:='SWU&#:$';
  if givenkey in cantsee then ...

this is highly abbreviated from my original code just for the sake of example.
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