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>I actually have written a few parsers for myself, although I have yet to >create the parser >I want to, a free text parser to understand human speech. I guess this >would be the Holy >Grail of parsers, and a requirement for a true AI system. Good luck, Jamie! In speech, it could be simpler. "eval myfieldname equals string singlequote" "string" might express that i want a string, forcing enclosing '. and "singlequote" means i want a singlequote, i know what i'm doing, so give it to me, and is translated to a pair of single quotes that simply mean i want a single single quote. So i'd see EVAL myfield = '''' :-) Is it clearer now? So ''''' ('5 single quotes) have to lead to an error, if the compiler / syntax checker is halfways smart... 0.02 Euro Anton Gombkötö +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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