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Re: Endless Loop

• Posted by Michael Bolin <michaeltom at GEOCITIES.COM> Apr 21, 1997
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> Well I've done it again. I've gotten myself in a mess that only the
> gallant heroes of the Euphoria for DOS Mailing List can fix. Below is
> source for a routine I'm writing. I found out through the with trace
> statement that I'n an endless loop, BUT I can't figure out why.
> Someone PLEASE tell me where I'm misreading code. Thanks a bunch
> guys.

First of all, you need to change your two lines that say

       return{s2}

to

       return {s1}

Otherwise, you'll get an error if the original string contains no
spaces.

To fix the endless loop problem, change your line that says

       s2 = s2 & s1[x..y]

to

       s1 = s2 & s1[x..y]

Your problem was that the find() command kept searching the original
string for spaces, and you never changed the original, so it kept
finding the first space.

Regards,
                Michael Bolin