John Krussel writes:

> I'm using the "ANYPARM" parameter to pick up a long string in a command
> file.  The string may or may not have embedded quotes in it, they maybe
> single quotes or double quotes.

There's a relatively new function called anyparm() that seems to do the
trick.  For example:

        :print gctest
        anyparm myparm
        setvar  myvar  anyparm(!myparm)
        echo !myvar
        :
        :gctest 'abc"def
        'abc"def
        :

In your original example (snipped), you should be able to use
anyparm(!P2) in place of "!P2" -- note the *absence* of quotes
with anyparm().

For details, see Jazz:

http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/Communicator/5.5/mpejxq1.html#EVAL

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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