Re: Accessing SYMBOLs inside "animation" scripts...

[strandwg@xxxxxxxx (Gary Strand)]

Steve sez:
> You can use SET MODE VERIFY to see how and when symbol translation is
> occuring.
>
> The string ($lab4) is being translated at the time that the REPEAT
> command is issued -- not, as you were expecting, being translated inside
> of the loop. Sometimes this is what one wants, other times one wants the
> translation deferred.
>
> To achieve what you want you could put the lines into a journal file and
> say
> 
> 	repeat/L=xx:xx GO script
> 
> Hope this helps.

Once again, you're the FERRET God. Things are working wonderfully now!
--
Gary Strand
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