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From: dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Arexx programming help wanted
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Date: 26 Apr 91 10:13:43 GMT
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In article <18659@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, John Lindwall writes:

> Thanks for the excellent help for my first two questions

I think it's great when I _can_ answer a question. :-).

> The example passes a space character as the DefaultValue.  If the user types
> a string, the space is appended to their input.  To see this effect replace
> the last okay1 call with:
>
> okay 1 "you didn't really enter: [" || result || "]"

You're right too.  That's a bit of a shame.  You can strip the trailing blank
of in a number of ways though, as you said, it's just a little kludgy.

Dac
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