1) Because I'm coming from a Visual Basic background where the strict definition of Variables at the top of the procedure/package is considered good practice.

2) The debug program seemed to be prompting me to explicitly define all of the variables, so that's what I did.

I take it that the syntax errors are so simple and that I've offended your sensibilities so severely that you can't be bothered to point them out.

You seem to be implying that I'm using for and foreach incorrectly. I can't see how that would be. Perhaps you think the answer is so embarassing that I would rather figure it out for myself than live in the shame of having it explained to me. Also, you've twice declaimed that you don't know what I want, so it seems odd that you're so sure now.

To put it bluntly, I find your tone to be insulting and if you don't want to give constructive criticism, I can do without your help.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Need help with subdividing SGML files by DukeLeto
in thread Need help with subdividing SGML files by DukeLeto

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