Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question

AE is the brainchild of one Leif Smith as I recall.  Haven't seen him in
years, but he used to stomp around here in Denver.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:53 PM, McGowan, Ian <
[email protected]> wrote:

> It's well worth spending some time reading the AE help pages.  One of my
> favorites is "help +" which ends with the gem "We could go on and on about
> this, but you probably get it."  I'm a huge fan of AE, even though I spend
> most of my programming time inside a visual editor (I like joe [
> http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/], not to start a religious debate).  I
> don't use AE prestores with the wild abandon of my misspent youth, but
> they're still a handy thing to know.  If anyone knows the author of AE, let
> me know - I owe him or her several drinks...
>
> The backtick is just the default 'command delimiter'.  You can read more
> about it with:
>
> *--: help delimiter
> Command: CDelimiter (CD)
>
> 'CD' allows you to change the command delimiter to any single character.
> When you enter the editor for the first time the command delimiter is
> set to the ` (weirdmark, not single quote) character.
>
> Examples:
>
>  *--: CD   [displays the current command delimiter; no change]
>  Command delimiter is `
>
>  *--: CD#  [changes the command delimiter to '#']
>  Command delimiter is now #
>
> The Command Delimiter is a single character that separates multiple
> editor commands when they are entered at a single editor prompt.
>
> Valid command delimiters are:
>
>     ` , ; # $ % & ~ | [ ] { } / " '
>
> <and then onto prestores>
> Example:
>
>  *--: G10`G20`G30   [go to line 10, then to 20, then to 30]
>
> A rather pointless command, but it illustrates the principle.
>
> Multipart commands are very useful as prestored commands. They allow
> processing many records with a single command. For example, suppose
> you had a select list of 100 records, and each of them needs every
> occurrence of '100' changed to '250'. You can do this with a multipart
> prestored command.
>
> First create the prestored command:
>
>    =DOITALL CU9999/100/250`FI`=DOITALL
>
> Then run the command '=DOITALL' by entering '=DOITALL' as a command.
>
> The editor will then loop through the list of records, perform the
> change for each of them, file each of them, and then run =DOITALL again
> on the next record.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin King
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 4:33 PM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question
>
> Unreal.  This old dog just learnt a new trick.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Daniel McGrath
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > A tip my original mentor taught me on the first day was that in ED/AE,
> > the back tick (`) gets treated as an empty line so you can keep going
> > in insert mode and not need to worry about it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Scholl
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:07 PM
> > To: 'U2 Users List'
> > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question
> >
> > The dots were just there to keep the numbered list going, The same I
> > use dots in the Editor to enter blank lines. Later I go to the top and
> > do
> > R/.//50 to remove the dot.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wjhonson
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:04 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question
> >
> >
> > What are the periods in 3 and 4 for?
> > Did you try removing those?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Woodward, Bob <[email protected]>
> > To: U2 Users List <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 11:49 am
> > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question
> >
> >
> > Just to make sure, you're wanting FIELD 178 and the first value of
> > that field.  Correct?  Because you have a length of 1, left justified
> > I want to make sure you're not looking for the first character of the
> 178th field.
> > Maybe if you showed what you're wanting and what you're getting,
> > instead, then we'd be sure to give you an answer that makes sense.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill
> > Haskett
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 11:45 AM
> > To: U2 Users List
> > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston
> >
> > Martin:
> >
> > This is the only way to do accomplish the defined task in UniData.
> > Maybe "@RECORD<178,1>" is the preferred method in UV.
> >
> > Bill
> > Untitled Page
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* [email protected]
> > *To:* U2 Users List <[email protected]>
> > *Date:* 2/4/2014 11:33 AM
> > *Subject:* [U2] UniVerse Dictionary queston
> > > UniVerse.
> > >
> > > I want to create a dictionary item that extract value <178,1>
> > >
> > > I thought
> > >
> > > 1.       I
> > > 2.       EXTRACT(@RECORD,178,1,0)
> > > 3.       .
> > > 4.       .
> > > 5.       1L
> > > 6.       S
> > >
> > >
> > > Would do but it does not give me the desired result. Any suggestions?
> > >
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