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   Todd to pyotr filipivich   
   Re: How do I extract a value into a vari   
   06 Oct 14 12:06:39   
   
   From: Todd@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 09/12/2014 09:46 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:   
   > Todd  on Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:29:24 -0700 typed   
   > in alt.msdos.batch  the following:   
   >> On 08/07/2014 01:44 PM, Todd Vargo wrote:   
   >>> On 8/7/2014 2:21 AM, Todd wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Drove me crazy trying to figure that stuff out.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, batch will do that sometimes. Glad that you got this one going on   
   >>> your own.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Hi Todd,   
   >>   
   >> You know the horrible thing about it is that I understood   
   >> what I did for about 5 minutes after I figured it out.   
   >> Now I am back to scratching my head wondering "what   
   >> the hell?"   
   >   
   > 	"It was hard to figure out the first time.  It should be hard to   
   > maintain."  The rational behind not adding internal documentation to   
   > source code.   
   >   
   >> At some point, I really am going to have to learn Perl.   
   >   
   > 	I'm with you.   "Some day..."   
   > --   
   > pyotr filipivich   
   > The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.   
   > -- George Bancroft   
   >   
      
      
   I had to write myself up a keeper file on how to do it.   
   I can't remember time to time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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