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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Q&A question from Sesame Dev May 11^th, 2007 at 4:11pm	Print Post
	Before I bother the folks that wrote Q&A, does anyone know why the Q&A function "@Rest" was named "@Rest". I am assuming that the "e" stands for "expression" since the function evaluates expressions - but other than that its been a guessing game. Any ideas?

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2007 at 4:34pm	Print Post
	I have no idea as to the answer to your question, but I have one for you: you know the folks who wrote Q&A? Wow, great networking, I'm jealous. Please tell them I love their program and have been using it for 15+ years. I'll be a bit sad on the day I finally put it out to pasture. Oh, and ask them if they have a driver for a Lexmark 7170, 'kay? Thanks!

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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #2 - May 11^th, 2007 at 4:51pm	Print Post
	Infinity wrote on May 11^th, 2007 at 4:34pm: I have no idea as to the answer to your question, but I have one for you: you know the folks who wrote Q&A? Wow, great networking, I'm jealous. Please tell them I love their program and have been using it for 15+ years. I'll be a bit sad on the day I finally put it out to pasture. Oh, and ask them if they have a driver for a Lexmark 7170, 'kay? Thanks! You just did. One of the Q&A developers is also a Sesame developer and reads this forum on occasion.

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Bob_Hansen Senior Member Members Offline WOW, They have the Internet on computers now! Posts: 1861 Location: Salem, NH Joined: Nov 24^th, 2002	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2007 at 5:06pm	Print Post
	I don't know the real reason, but in my mind I have always thought "Returns Equal STrings" @Rest (Company, "IBM") only Returns TRUE if String of "IBM" Equals the value in Company.
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Carl Underwood Senior Member Members Offline Posts: 1350 Location: New Hampshire Joined: Mar 11^th, 2003	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #4 - May 11^th, 2007 at 6:25pm	Print Post
	The way I remember what it does, is to think of it as an abbreviation of "Restrict" spec. If you find out what it really was named after, be sure to let us know too.

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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #5 - May 11^th, 2007 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Quote: The way I remember what it does, is to think of it as an abbreviation of "Restrict" spec. That actually seems pretty likely to me.

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Bharat_Naik Senior Member Members Offline Ever ready to learn and share Posts: 1202 Location: Chicago, Illinois Joined: Dec 16^th, 2003	Re: Q&A question from Sesame Dev Reply #6 - May 11^th, 2007 at 7:20pm	Print Post
	How about REST is eliminated - That is the way I remembered.... @Rest (Company, "IBM") Only IBM and rest are ignored or eliminated from the selection. @Rest (ShipDate, "{@Date - 7}") Only Last seven days - Rest are eliminated from selection... This amount to almost the same as what Carl suggested.


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