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| From: | Chris F.A. Johnson |
| Subject: | Re: consistency probs var & function re-use |
| Date: | Fri, 9 Jun 2017 20:54:30 -0400 (EDT) |
| User-agent: | Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) |
On Fri, 9 Jun 2017, L A Walsh wrote:
Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:On Fri, 9 Jun 2017, L A Walsh wrote:---- First problem: If you are assigning a string to a variable, you need to put quotes around the string.You don't need to quote it unless it contains literal whitespace.Not exactly true -- "any" type of white space, including newlines, which was the case in Greg's example.
A newline IS literal whitespace. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>
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