Re: [Gnumed-devel] Measurements - adding and abbreviations

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:26:34PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> > Another reason I like the
> > 
> >     $var
> > 
> > method
> 
> Of course, we should anticipate a problem if $var was indiscriminate, because 
> $ can have a literal meaning as currency for example
> 
>       Patient cannot afford the $300
> 
> so suggest that
> 
>       $var is active only for the combination
> 
>       $A
> 
> where A is non-numeric and non-punctuation (for example, a space).

Whether it is

"$val", "*val", "val", "&val", "val*" or whatever would be
up to whatever is configured, just like with text macros.

Karsten
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