2009/1/26 Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>:
>> And yes, I have used -lookfor- in -do-files before, it is a
>> handy way of grabbing a list of variables and storing them in
>> a local.
In this case, I abbreviated -fullnames- to -fu-, and was finding
variables that in no way matched -myvar-. Took me a while to
puzzle out.
Note, of course, that -lookfor- can bite you by returning a variable
name that has the search string in its label.
Options like varonly or labonly would increase -lookfor-'s utility in
this context. I think the second quote by Heinlein below is very
apropos...
--
David Elliott
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
-- Robert A. Heinlein (American science-fiction Writer, 1907-1988)
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