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From: "Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: variable lenght strings
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:22:40 +0000 (UTC)
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"fabio de francesco" <fmdf@tiscali.it> wrote in message 
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> Is it correct to check the "L" value as a condition to exit the loop?

Don't have time to look at the logic in the code but it is more usual to 
say:

   exit when L = 0;

rather than use an 'if'.

Cheers

-- Martin