Subj : Translating CASE from BAS
To   : Mike Luther
From : Fred Kantor
Date : Wed Feb 07 2001 06:30 pm

ML> ...I'm about 60% through writing an auto-translator from 
ML> PowerBASIC 3.5 source to Watcom V11 (b).  It's been 
ML> educational.  One of the things that has been a stumbling block 
ML> to me is the use of CASE in BASIC where the switch logic is 
ML> based not on numeric conditionals, but alpha conditionals...

If I may ask... do your "alpha conditionals" test for bit patterns?
If so, might you rewrite them using numeric values of those bit 
patterns?

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