Re: .length request produces (to me) interesting output
Oliver Corff <[email protected]>
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Hi Tadziu, thank you for your kind reply. Oliver. On 26/11/2025 14:03, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: >> .de CODE >> .length @count "\\$1" >> .. >> \*[CODE 12345678] >> \n[@count] >> >> The result is "9" whereas I expected "8". > It is counting the second quote in the .length request. > Opening quotes are permitted in order to allow for leading > whitespace, but unlike in macro calls, there should be no > closing quote. > > > -- Dr. Oliver Corff mailto:[email protected]