<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>No, that's not what I'm looking for. That's the concatenation operator. I'm looking for a symbol that can extend very long command lines across multiple lines of text. <br>
<br>For example,<br><br></div>script command<br></div>script command<br></div>'define var'<br>'define var2'<br></div>'define var3 = function of var1 + function of var 2 + function of other vars + function of other script variables + function of vars squared + other terms + more other terms + more more other terms ...'<br>
<br></div>I'd want to be able to put the above line on multiple lines of text instead of leaving it all on one.<br><br></div>Jeff<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Ricardo Hallak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricardo.hallak@iag.usp.br" target="_blank">ricardo.hallak@iag.usp.br</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Hi Jeff,<br><br>hope this is what you are looking for:<br>
<br>For very large commands, you can concatenate strings:<br><br>string1="averylargecommand_1"<br>string2=" averylargeciommand_2"<br><br>'d 'string1&string2<br><br>You have to manipulate blank spaces and quotes properly.<br>
<br>Hope this helps,<br>Ricardo<br><br><hr><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;margin-left:5px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal;border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255)">
<b>De: </b>"Jeff Duda" <<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Para: </b>"GrADS Users Forum" <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>
<b>Enviadas: </b>Sexta-feira, 28 de Março de 2014 18:36:14<br><b>Assunto: </b>[gradsusr] Continuation character in scripting language?<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello,<br></div>Is there a continuation character in the Grads scripting language (i.e., something analogous to the & character for FORTRAN)?<br>
<br></div>Jeff Duda<br clear="all"><div><div><div>
<br>-- <br>Jeff Duda<br>Graduate research assistant<br>University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology<br>Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms<br>
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