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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers string test? Post 18461 by hedrict on Thursday 28th of March 2002 02:49:07 PM
Old 03-28-2002
string test?

hey guys- what is the syntax for a string test to verify that a user has entered a 6 digit numeric?


Thanks for your help in advance!

Todd
 

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atsopt(1)						      General Commands Manual							 atsopt(1)

NAME
atsopt - ATS to C compiler SYNOPSIS
atsopt <command>... DESCRIPTION
atsopt is the compiler from ATS to C. It is most commonly invoked by atscc which is the preferred frontend for compiling ATS code. COMMANDS
atsopt takes a number of commands with parameters to determine its behavior: -d, --dynamic <filenames> Dynamically load the filenames. --debug=1 Enable generation of debugging information. -dep, --depgen Generate dependency lists. -h, --help Print the usage information. -o, --output <filename> Specify the output filename. --posmark_html Generate an HTML file with colored concrete syntax. --posmark_xref Generate an HTML file with syntactic cross-references. -s, --static <filenames> Statically load the filenames. -tc, --typecheck Typecheck the given ATS source files, but go no further. -v, --version Show ATS/Anairiats version and gcc version. EXAMPLES
atsopt -o test.c -d test.dats Compile test.dats to a C file. atsopt -tc -d test.dats Typecheck test.dats only. atsopt -o test.html -d test.dats --posmark_html Write a syntax colored version of test.dats. SEE ALSO
atscc(1), atslex(1). These programs are documented fully by The ATS/Anairiats user's manual available via the web at http://www.ats-lang.org/ AUTHOR
atsopt was written by Hongwei Xi. This manual page was written by Matthew Danish <mrd@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). February 22, 2010 atsopt(1)
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