st: passing indefinite no of arguments

[tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com>]

Hello all,  

     Could someone give me an idea or give me a lead on this problem.        

So, say I have a do file which will add the arguments and display 

*sum

args a b c d

di `a' +`b'+`c'+`d' 



This one is easy since I could pass 4 arguments a, b, c and d and my do file will sum them. What if I don't know the no of arguments I am passing? I could have passed 2, 3, 5 or even 1 and find their sum. 

How would you pass the arguments and code? Any help will be highly appreciated... 



Thanks, 

Tashi  		 	   		  
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