Subj : Translating CASE from BAS
To   : Herbert Bushong
From : Mike Luther
Date : Thu Feb 08 2001 03:04 pm

Thanks friend Herbert ..

 HB> Mike,

 HB> Yes, it's difficult. But look at it from a different 
 HB> angle: All char's have a numeric equivalent, and you
 HB> don't have to use that numeric equivalent to check
 HB> for chars in a switch:

 HB> char num[2];
 HB> // get a number/char whatever in num[]

 HB> switch (*num)
 HB> {
 HB>   case '0':
 HB>   .
 HB>   case '9':
 HB>   case 'a':
 HB>   case 'A':
 HB>   case 'b':
 HB>   case 'B':
 HB>   .
 HB>   .
 HB>   default:
 HB> };

Correct ...

 HB> I've been discussing Sarah's problem with her via e-
 HB> mail, and the solution was similar to the above.

On hand.  Studying it.

But .. that doesn't help much where the comparator was X$, for example and X$ 
is a variable length string.  I was a bad boy at an earlier time in life and 
I'm not much better now.  Basicly, I'm still trying to digest what I ate when I 
was a younger programmer.  Gloom.

Mike @ 117/3001

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