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Re: include on the fly?

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Aug 11, 2001
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: John McAdam <johnmcadam at clix.pt>
Subject: include on the fly?


> 
> Hi there, 
> I want to write a program that can include a file on the fly
> something like this:
> 
> s=prompt_string("What is the file to run?")
> include s
> 
> This should work in the interpreted mode, but of course not
> in the compiled mode. The interpreter should just keep on
> doing its thing with the newly included file.
> 
> But he returns the error "s not found". The include command
> apparently only works for literal strings, not varables.
> 
> I'm probably coming at it from the wrong direction, but it
> seems to make sense to me.

Your observation is correct, it only works on 'literal' strings.
You might try something like: (pseudo code follows)

copy file s => "IncludeMe.e"
include IncludeMe.e

Regards,
Irv