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SET DELIMITERS
Toggle or define GET delimiters
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Syntax
SET DELIMITERS on | OFF | <xlToggle>
SET DELIMITERS TO [<cDelimiters> | DEFAULT]
Arguments
ON displays delimiters for GET variables.
OFF suppresses the delimiter display.
<xlToggle> is a logical expression that must be enclosed in
parentheses. A value of true (.T.) is the same as ON, and a value of
false (.F.) is the same as OFF.
TO <cDelimiters> defines a one or two character delimiter.
Specifying a single character uses the same character as both the
beginning and ending delimiter. Specifying two characters uses the
first as the beginning delimiter and the second as the ending delimiter.
TO DEFAULT or no delimiters SETs the delimiters to colons which are
the default delimiters.
Description
SET DELIMITERS is a dual purpose command that both defines characters
used to delimit GETs and toggles the automatic display of delimiters ON
or OFF. The @...GET command can display delimiters that surround a Get
object's display. If DELIMITERS is ON, the delimiters add two
characters to the length of the Get object display.
You can configure the delimiter characters using the TO <cDelimiters>
clause. The DEFAULT delimiter character is the colon (:). When
specifying delimiters, the beginning and ending delimiter characters can
be different. If you wish to suppress either the right, left, or both
delimiters, use a space instead of the delimiter character.
Typically, delimiters are unnecessary since GETs display in reverse
video or enhanced color if INTENSITY is ON.
Examples
. This example SETs DELIMITERS TO a colon and a space for the
first GET and the square bracket characters for the second:
LOCAL cVar := SPACE(5), cVar2 := SPACE(5)
SET DELIMITERS ON
SET DELIMITERS TO ": "
@ 1, 0 SAY "Enter" GET cVar
SET DELIMITERS TO "[]"
@ 2, 0 SAY "Enter" GET cVar2
READ
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also:
@...GET
SET INTENSITY
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