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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dear Info-Chibolts,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've run into a simple one that I can't seem to
see my way through. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Errors, as we all know, are coded [*] on the
main line according to Childes conventions. Supposing you want to KWAL a file to
get out all the utterances containing an error? kwal +tCHI +s[*] *.chi
gets you all utterances containing material between square brackets ([:
replace-ment text], [/], [//] etc), because of course * is a joker. Is there
anywhere to get the programme to treat * as a typographical symbol rather than a
joker? I've tried kwal +tCHI +s["*"] *.chi and similar dodges
remembered from other programming languages, but they don't seem to have the
desired effect.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks to any who can enlighten....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Charles Watkins.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>