Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:48:34 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Killion wrote:
> 
> > > > While we're in that ballpark, I'd like to see SET supported by IF.
> > I'm looking for something like this:
> > IF _CONDITION_ == _TRUE_ THEN SET _ENV_VAR_=_VALUE_
> 
> In other words, you want IF to allow different conditions to be
> tested for instead of the dumb behavior it has now?

You could always code it in reverse:

IF NOT _CONDITION_ == _TRUE_ GOTO CONDFALSE
SET _ENV_VAR_=_VALUE_
:CONDFALSE

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