[Novalug] [Ma-linux] Free Online Computer Books URL with Job Information
Michael Henry
lug-user@drmikehenry.com
Wed Sep 8 06:38:47 EDT 2010
On 09/07/2010 09:00 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> On 9/7/2010 12:42 PM, Dave Aronson wrote:
>> Yeah, it looked to me like someone had been hacking too much Ruby. ;-)
>>
>> -Dave
> ISTR that some other language uses the colon construct as well, but I am
> too lazy to look it up.
>
> JIM
The usage that comes to my mind first (and for which mention I
hope to be forgiven on this forum :-)) is for labels in DOS
batch files, such as in testfile.bat below:
@echo off
if "%1" == "" goto ShowHelp
echo Doing stuff with %1
goto Done
:ShowHelp
echo Usage: testbat REQUIRED_ARGUMENT
:Done
Michael Henry
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