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parse var problem

    17-Oct-94 13:06:19
Sb: parse var problem
Fm: John Toebes/SYSOP 70007,3467
To: All
I'm modifying an Arexx script; here's a line I need to change, and I don't remember enough arexx to know what I'm doing… any advice? > parse var rcvdstr . 'Annex address is ' a '.' b '.' c '.' d '.'. > host_ip = a||'.'||b||'.'||c||'.'||d > say 'The Annex address is :'||host_ip||':' rcvdstr is a string received over the serial port. I *think* what this bit of code does is remove the 'Annex address is' and puts the values for a,b,c, and d into host_ip. (like this: a.b.c.d). This is what I want, but I will never get the "Annex address is ' from the serial port.. what I expect to get is: > SL/IP session from (198.69.219.3) to 198.69.219.23 beginning…. and I need to extract those two numbers from that string. Like I said, any advice? "…I'm obnoxious and disliked…" John Adams '1776' Eet