In article <[log in to unmask]>,
   [log in to unmask] (the Greenberg family) wrote:
>I thought I remembered SPL, but line 8 has me stumped
>
>1      LOGICAL PROCEDURE MOVEAS(BARRAY);
>2      BYTE ARRAY BARRAY;
>3      BEGIN
>4      ARRAY DUMMY(0:1);
>5      BYTE ARRAY DUMMYBYTE(*)=DUMMY;
>6      MOVE DUMMY:="    ";
>7      MOVE DUMMYBYTE:=BARRAY,(2);
>8      MOVE DUMMYBYTE:=DUMMYBYTE WHILE AS;
>9      MOVEAS:=DUMMY;
>10     END;
>
Hmmm,
 
  If I remember correctly the WHILE part of move was for
specifying special flags.  In this case I believe it means
to move while alphabetic, and possibly (although it doesn't
sound right) upshift characters if necessary.
 
  Sorry, haven't written SPL in about 8 years.
 
 
 
 
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