1. [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
- Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
Oct 29, 2000
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Last edited Oct 30, 2000
Is there a library command somewhere, or a simple routine, or something that
I'm missing, that would work like "print", to show the structure of a
variable, but with all the "contents" translated into ascii so it's easier
to see what has been put into any variable? (this is for debug purposes)
So that, for instance, instead of seeing this as a result of "print"ing a
variable:
{{105,110,116,101,103,101,114},{97,116,111,109},
I would see (at least) this:
{{{P,r,e,d,e,f,i,n,e,d, ,T,y,p,e,s},
{{i,n,t,e,g,e,r},{a,t,o,m},
{s,e,q,u,e,n,c,e},{o,b,j,e,c,t}},...
I could make *much* better sense of any errors in assignment to a variable
(or of construction) in the second instance than in the first.
Dan Moyer
2. Re: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
Dan,
Gabriel Boehme has something in the archives that does this.
-- Mike Nelson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
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Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:54 PM
Subject: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
> Is there a library command somewhere, or a simple routine, or something
that
> I'm missing, that would work like "print", to show the structure of a
> variable, but with all the "contents" translated into ascii so it's easier
> to see what has been put into any variable? (this is for debug purposes)
>
> So that, for instance, instead of seeing this as a result of "print"ing a
> variable:
>
> {{{80,114,101,100,101,102,105,110,101,100,32,84,121,112,101,115},
> {{105,110,116,101,103,101,114},{97,116,111,109},
> {115,101,113,117,101,110,99,101},{111,98,106,101,99,116}},...
>
> I would see (at least) this:
> {{{P,r,e,d,e,f,i,n,e,d, ,T,y,p,e,s},
> {{i,n,t,e,g,e,r},{a,t,o,m},
> {s,e,q,u,e,n,c,e},{o,b,j,e,c,t}},...
>
> I could make *much* better sense of any errors in assignment to a variable
> (or of construction) in the second instance than in the first.
>
> Dan Moyer
>
3. Re: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
- Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
Oct 29, 2000
-
Last edited Oct 30, 2000
Michael,
Thanks, I just went and got his "Modified Print Routine", I'll see what it
does.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Nelson" <MichaelANelson at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
> Dan,
>
> Gabriel Boehme has something in the archives that does this.
>
> -- Mike Nelson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:54 PM
> Subject: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
>
>
> > Is there a library command somewhere, or a simple routine, or something
> that
> > I'm missing, that would work like "print", to show the structure of a
> > variable, but with all the "contents" translated into ascii so it's
easier
> > to see what has been put into any variable? (this is for debug
purposes)
> >
> > So that, for instance, instead of seeing this as a result of "print"ing
a
> > variable:
> >
> > {{{80,114,101,100,101,102,105,110,101,100,32,84,121,112,101,115},
> > {{105,110,116,101,103,101,114},{97,116,111,109},
> > {115,101,113,117,101,110,99,101},{111,98,106,101,99,116}},...
> >
> > I would see (at least) this:
> > {{{P,r,e,d,e,f,i,n,e,d, ,T,y,p,e,s},
> > {{i,n,t,e,g,e,r},{a,t,o,m},
> > {s,e,q,u,e,n,c,e},{o,b,j,e,c,t}},...
> >
> > I could make *much* better sense of any errors in assignment to a
variable
> > (or of construction) in the second instance than in the first.
> >
> > Dan Moyer
> >
4. Re: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
- Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
Oct 29, 2000
-
Last edited Oct 30, 2000
I modified Gabriel's print.e slightly so that even strings would be printed
with {} around them, instead of "", so I can use it to see variable
structure clearest; is this likely to make any kind of problem, like if it's
used to print to a file?
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Nelson" <MichaelANelson at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
> Dan,
>
> Gabriel Boehme has something in the archives that does this.
>
> -- Mike Nelson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:54 PM
> Subject: [DOS] "print" sequence showing *ascii* contents?
>
>
> > Is there a library command somewhere, or a simple routine, or something
> that
> > I'm missing, that would work like "print", to show the structure of a
> > variable, but with all the "contents" translated into ascii so it's
easier
> > to see what has been put into any variable? (this is for debug
purposes)
> >
> > So that, for instance, instead of seeing this as a result of "print"ing
a
> > variable:
> >
> > {{{80,114,101,100,101,102,105,110,101,100,32,84,121,112,101,115},
> > {{105,110,116,101,103,101,114},{97,116,111,109},
> > {115,101,113,117,101,110,99,101},{111,98,106,101,99,116}},...
> >
> > I would see (at least) this:
> > {{{P,r,e,d,e,f,i,n,e,d, ,T,y,p,e,s},
> > {{i,n,t,e,g,e,r},{a,t,o,m},
> > {s,e,q,u,e,n,c,e},{o,b,j,e,c,t}},...
> >
> > I could make *much* better sense of any errors in assignment to a
variable
> > (or of construction) in the second instance than in the first.
> >
> > Dan Moyer
> >
