I agree with your sentiments about the nature of the OP.

However, suggesting Iterator to someone who's struggling with while and grep is, to my mind, like saying "Problems? Try a fork instead." Now there is one more problem.

Also note that rkk has 10 writeups on the monastery. Judging by the OP and 10 writeups, I'd venture that Iterator might as well be Klingon, for all the good it does for the OP.

Yes, providing a one-shot complete answer to posts such as rkk's probably isn't the best way to bring people like rkk up to speed here. Neither is providing "help" that isn't.

-QM
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In reply to Re^4: Count in intervals -- PM policy by QM
in thread Count in intervals by rkk

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