readline syntax error

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at bestweb.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:15 PM
> To: gccconsulting at comcast.net
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: readline syntax error
> 
> Quoting GCC Consulting (Wed, 7 May 2008 17:28:33 -0400):
> 
> >> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at bestweb.net]
> [...]
> >> Quoting Richard Kreiss (Wed, 7 May 2008 15:41:42 -0400):
> >>
> >> > I again misquoted myself.
> >> >
> >> > The code was:
> >> >
> >> > Xx=readline(aa,ab)
> >> > If:ab eq ""
> >> > Then: RETURN
> >>
> >> As I said previously (see below, since you are top-posting), you
> never
> >> created a field "ab" in the above code.  Because there is no such
> field,
> >> you cannot pass it to readline().  Hence, the syntax error.  The
> reason
> >> you got it at readline() is because that is the first reference to
> this
> >> non-existent field.
> >
> > In this case must ab() be declared prior to readline or can it be
> > anywhere in the processing table?
> [...]
> 
> (Anyone who's known me for a while can see this reply coming a mile
> away.)
> 
> What happened when you tried declaring ab after the readline?
> 
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Used by binoculars and saw this coming, so I tested 

If:
Then:ab=""

No problem

The moved it after my end statement

If:
Then: ab=""

No problem.

Richard