Re: st: RE: "looping" within a command

[Devra Golbe <dgolbe@optonline.net>]

Thanks Nick-- this solves my problem very neatly.  While trace lets me 
confirm that the `j++' notation increments by 1 from 217, just as it ought, 
I don't understand the syntax.  Can you point me to the section of the 
manuals where I can read up on this?

Devra

At 10:11 AM 10/13/2004, you wrote:

> I take it from this that you always have a -name- and -id-
> variable: what differs are the number of -a*-.
>
> If you know N in advance you could build up your -infix-
> call like this:
>
> local N = <whatever>
> local call "str name 124-143 str id 144-152"
> local j = 217
> forval i = 1/`N' {
>         local call "`call' str a`i' `j++'"
> }
>
> then
>
> infix `call' using rawdata.txt
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

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