TI-BASIC called it "SEG$", for "segment".
/ Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!)
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2003-03-05 23:19: Subject: negative indices in array ranges
I think a function would be better than a special syntax, if we can find a good name for it. Shouldn't be hard to find one since almost every language got one or more functions for that purpose. E.g. "substr" in Perl, "mid" in BASIC. More?
/ Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS