To clarify, I wrote that original message. I guess I had my cookies off. :)

The "$delta and $alpha" is supposed to be a string. I'm not sure I understand why 'and' would be evaluated as an operator in that case?

And some one should fix the reference to and, it points to someone who took that name. Or did you intentionally mean for me to go to his profile? Unfortunately, it flew waaay over my head on that one :(

I'm also still puzzled on just what 'q' does. I see it here and there, but I'm having trouble finding information about it.

Is it fair to stick a link to my site here?

Thanks for you patience.

In reply to Re: Re: Resolving scalars in a scalar by SavannahLion
in thread Resolving scalars in a scalar by Anonymous Monk

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