PARSEPA

Syntax

PARSEPA (name)

Location

PARAMS (DIY Toolkit - Vol P)

This function is a useful addition that allows you to check on the type of separator which follows a value passed as a parameter to a SuperBASIC PROCedure or FuNction. The value returned by PARSEPA is:

PARSEPA

Meaning

0

No separator follows - this is the end of the line.

1

A comma (,) follows.

2

A semicolon (;) follows.

3

A backslash (\) follows.

4

An exclamation mark (!) follows.

5

The word TO follows.

NOTE

This function suffers from the same problems as PARHASH.

CROSS-REFERENCE

SeePARHASH in particular - this contains an example which uses this function.