Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.42!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!198.186.194.250.MISMATCH!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Ignore break line sometimes Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:51:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-02-025@comp.compilers> References: <12-02-010@comp.compilers> <12-02-017@comp.compilers> <12-02-023@comp.compilers> <12-02-024@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1330058826 75851 64.57.183.58 (24 Feb 2012 04:47:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:47:06 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: parse Posted-Date: 23 Feb 2012 23:47:06 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compilers:465 glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >I believe that there are a few other languages with a similar >continuation method. That is, if you end a statement in a legal >end, no continuation is needed. Awk is like this. You can continue after a comma, && or ||. Possibly in other places too. You can supply semicolons to separate statements on the same line, if you want. It tends to work fairly naturally in awk, I rarely use \ to continue onto the next line. :-) -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 50 729-7545 D.N. Shimshon 99785 ISRAEL