"Slime" <fak### [at] emailaddress> wrote:


> Parse_String, at least in this case, is sort of a hack that solves an
> obscure problem (caused by an input file that I'm assuming you have no
> control over). Don't rely on it all the time because there are generally
> better ways to do things.
>
>  - Slime
>  [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]


Hmm. Interesting response Mr Slime. It is an input file that I have some
control over from another pgm. But I find the notion of generating commands
which are dependent on external files (or even just text strings) very
useful in many cases,  not just this one - whether I have control over them
or not.
This is mainly to avoid long winded code using things like strcmp() or
switch statements to generate an action based on a large no of variable
data input.
Would you care to expand on your ideas about better ways to do things?

M.E.

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