RE: Eval(?)

Curt Penland wrote:

>I'm trying to pad a field with blanks while I put 
>the value of one field into another using the 
>EVAL opcode.
>
>What extensions within the () can I use in the 
>"EVAL()" ?
>
>I was hoping to be able to use a "P" like the 
>MOVEL(P) opcode.

I don't understand why you'd want another way to do what EVAL and MOVEL
already do.  Given that you've read the manual and tried the code for
yourself before posting, my guess is that you've posted this question
because you have a performance problem (large character variables?) on your
hands.  If you are dealing with large strings, I would strongly consider
using the new "varying" support.  "Varying" is a bit different in that the
string includes a two byte "length" count as the first two bytes, but I find
the performance superior to using arbitrarily large fixed-length character
variables.  Like I said, this is only a guess on my part.

Often, I find that if I didn't understand the question (and this one has me
stumped <grin>), it's because I didn't take the time to clarify the problem
before trying to answer.  In that vein, could you post the code in question
with a description of why it doesn't meet your needs?

Buck Calabro
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