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malko · 07 October 2021, 18:13

Argument substitution of the parameters provided to the script (".key"), yes. Regarding the I/O redirection conflicts, you know that even the Commodore manual recommended the use of the ".bra {" & ".ket }". So no problem here.
But, even, don't forget the default value that can be given with the $ sign "{argument$default_value}"

No, here my point is that it is strange that even a "{variable_name}" was not handled natively (thus allowing, inside scripts, the use of variable created with the 'setenv' command (and stored in ENV: by the system - or created manually in ENV: )).

But you are correct by saying that there is an inconsistency between the way "if" handle the $variable and the way "execute" handle the {argument}.

07 October 2021, 18:13	#13
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,935	Argument substitution of the parameters provided to the script (".key"), yes. Regarding the I/O redirection conflicts, you know that even the Commodore manual recommended the use of the ".bra {" & ".ket }". So no problem here. But, even, don't forget the default value that can be given with the $ sign "{argument$default_value}" No, here my point is that it is strange that even a "{variable_name}" was not handled natively (thus allowing, inside scripts, the use of variable created with the 'setenv' command (and stored in ENV: by the system - or created manually in ENV: )). But you are correct by saying that there is an inconsistency between the way "if" handle the $variable and the way "execute" handle the {argument}.