Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2007 04:37:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Albert-jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
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From:         Albert-jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
Subject:      Re: Looping and merging syntax support
Comments: To: Richard Ristow <wrristow@mindspring.com>
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Alternatively,

do repeat #x = x1 to x22 / #y = y1 to x22.
compute #x = #y.
end repeat print.

Maybe I had too much coffee today, but wouldn't a
simple RENAME VARIABLES also do what you want?

Cheers!
Albert-Jan

--- Richard Ristow <wrristow@mindspring.com> wrote:

> At 10:24 PM 3/5/2007, Manmit Shrimali wrote:
>
> >1. Create a vector that contains information of
> variable X1 to X22.
> >Variables are in order. So I believe I will write
> vector X=X1 to X22.
>
> Exactly.
> VECTOR X=X1 TO X22.
>
> >2. Create another vector that contains information
> of variable Y1 to
> >Y22 so it will be vector Y=Y1 to Y22.
>
> Again, exactly:
> VECTOR Y=Y1 TO Y22.
>
> >3. In every cell cell of X I want to inpute value
> of Y i.e. X1 should
> >have value of Y1, X2 should have value of Y2, X3
> should have value of
> >Y3.
>
> LOOP #INDEX = 1 TO 22.
> .  COMPUTE X(#INDEX) = Y(#INDEX).
> END LOOP.
>


Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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