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Subject: Re: PROC FORMAT Unexpected Success
From: Tom Robinson <barefootguru () GMAIL ! COM>
Date: 2020-09-22 23:40:40
Message-ID: 89C780AA-4FD7-4B3F-B506-D7EFE7731B3D () gmail ! com
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From memory that's legacy syntax; so presumably left as an mis/un-documented \
'feature'.
> On 2020-09-22, at 08:43, Tim Berryhill \
> <000008c2afdd9bfa-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
> The current doc is clear: " You must enclose a formatted value in single or double \
> quotation marks."
> This code runs:
> VALUE A_19_RANGE (DEFAULT=2)
> 0 <- 420 = 1
> 420 <- 450 = 2
> 450 <- 480 = 3
> 480 <- 510 = 4
> 510 <- 540 = 5
> 540 <- 570 = 6
> 570 <- 600 = 7
> 600 <- 630 = 8
> 630 <- 660 = 9
> 660 <- 899 = 10
> OTHER = 'FORMAT FAILURE'
> ;
>
> It just irks me when someone I once trusted makes a definitive statement which is \
> false. Yes, I spend a great deal of time irked lately.
> Extra detail, "formatted-value" refers to the thing after the equals sign
> value-or-range-1 <, value-or-range-2, ...>=formatted-value | [existing-format]
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charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; \
line-break: after-white-space;" class="">From memory that's legacy syntax; so \
presumably left as an mis/un-documented 'feature'.<div class=""><br class=""><div><br \
class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2020-09-22, at 08:43, Tim \
Berryhill <<a href="mailto:000008c2afdd9bfa-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU" \
class="">000008c2afdd9bfa-dmarc-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" \
style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; \
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; \
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; \
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; \
text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The current doc is clear: "<span \
style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 48, 55); background-color: \
white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" \
class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You must enclose a \
formatted value in single or double quotation marks.</span>"<o:p \
class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div \
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" \
class="">This code runs:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in \
0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">VALUE \
A_19_RANGE (DEFAULT=2)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in \
0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span \
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" \
class=""> 0 <- 420 = 1<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 420 <- 450 = \
2<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 450 <- 480 = \
3<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 480 <- 510 = \
4<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 510 <- 540 = \
5<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 540 <- 570 = \
6<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 570 <- 600 = \
7<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 600 <- 630 = \
8<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 630 <- 660 = \
9<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> 660 <- 899 = \
10<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: \
11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; \
font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> OTHER = 'FORMAT \
FAILURE'<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; \
font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: \
10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">;<o:p \
class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div \
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" \
class="">It just irks me when someone I once trusted makes a definitive statement \
which is false. Yes, I spend a great deal of time irked lately.<o:p \
class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div \
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" \
class="">Extra detail, "formatted-value" refers to the thing after the equals \
sign<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; \
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: \
10.5pt; font-family: "&quot", serif;" \
class="">value-or-range-1</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: \
Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span \
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="xisdoc-optional"><span \
style="font-family: "&quot", serif;" class=""><,<span \
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><em class=""><span \
style="font-family: "&quot", serif;" \
class="">value-or-range-2</span></em><span class="xisdoc-optional"><span \
style="font-family: "&quot", serif;" class="">,<span \
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span \
class="xis-symbolhellipsis"><span style="font-family: "&quot", serif;" \
class="">...</span></span><span class="xisdoc-optional"><span style="font-family: \
"&quot", serif;" class="">></span></span><span style="font-size: \
10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white;" \
class="">=</span><em class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: \
"&quot", serif;" class="">formatted-value</span></em><span \
style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: \
white;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| [</span><em \
class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "&quot", serif;" \
class="">existing-format</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: \
Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: white;" \
class="">]</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br \
class=""></div></body></html>
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