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SKIPTO (global order)
Sets the logical start of the line for input orders position.length and WORD to be
a point other than the first character in the line.
/string/ Indicates that the input orders consider the line to start at the given
/string/. Previous SKIPTO or UPTO orders are respected. For example,
if the current line is:
PIPES ARE FUN. PIPES USING EDIT ARE EVEN BETTER!
number
And, the edit script is:
SKIPTO /FUN/
SKIPTO /PIPES/
WORD 6
NEXT
The line is processed as follows:
PIPES ARE FUN. PIPES USING EDIT ARE EVEN BETTER!
SKIPTO /FUN/
SKIPTO /PIPES/
WORD 6
And, the output is:
BETTER!
Indicates that the input orders consider the line to start at character
number. Number must be a positive number. Previous SKIPTO or UPTO
orders are respected. For example, if the current line is:
PIPES ARE FUN. PIPES USING EDIT ARE EVEN BETTER!
And, the edit script is:
SKIPTO /USING/
SKIPTO 2
WORD 1
NEXT
The line is processed as follows:
PIPES ARE FUN. PIPES USING EDIT ARE EVEN BETTER!
SKIPTO /USING/
SKIPTO 2
WORD 1
And, the output is:
SING
PIPE EDIT
If the /string/ is not in the input, or a number is specified which is larger than
the length of the input, none of the input is available to the input orders.
UPTO is a complementary function to SKIPTO. Where SKIPTO 1 returns the
entire line, UPTO 1 returns none of the line.
See also UPTO and RESET.
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