filePro Quiz

[Jay R Ashworth]

Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

>On 8/10/2011 11:58 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "George Simon"<george at flowersoftusa.com>
>[...]
>>> 1 ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> TOP ◄ If: @sk="save" ◄
>>> Then: input popup yn "Do You Want to Exit? (Y/n) " default "Y" ◄
>>
>> If the user is ever prompted *to* hit N, we must assume this line was
>> reached with @SK eq "SAVE", or they wouldn't have been prompted. 
>This
>> colors all our other answers, but it makes line 1 TRUE.
>
>Also, lacking an @UPDATE event, or a "GOTO TOP" elsewhere in the code,
>the 
>only way to get to line 1 would be to press SAVE on a screen somewhere.
>(Or, 
>in this particular example, execute the PUSHKEY "[SAVE]" on line 5.)
>
>>> 2 ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> ◄ If: @sk="save" and yn ne "N" ◄
>>> Then: end ◄
>>
>> Now, we're assuming that this is *one continuous flow of execution*,
>> so SK again eq "SAVE", and yn eq "N" so this one's FALSE.
>
>While you are correct that this is "false", your explanation is
>partially wrong.
>
>>> 3 ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> ◄ If: @sk="save" ◄
>>> Then: screen ,(@fd) ◄
>>
>> We're still running, @SK still equals "SAVE", since line 2 is
>contra-factual,
>[...]
>
>You fail, for the same reason George asked me "is this a known bug"
>when his 
>code didn't work as he thought it should
>
>-- 
>Kenneth Brody

I don't see it, alas.
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