;--- v2.08pre temporarily had problems in FORC if the item was a blank
;--- the L() macro function has problems with !,<,> and quotes
.386
.model flat, stdcall
option casemap:none
;---- L() defines a wide string
L macro parms:VARARG
local wstr,i,c,tstr
wstr textequ <>
i = 0
for parm,<parms>
c SubStr <parm>,1,1
ifidn c,<">
tstr SubStr <parm>,2,@SizeStr(parm)-2
% forc chr$,<tstr>
if i
wstr CatStr wstr,<,>
endif
wstr CatStr wstr,<'&chr$'>
i = i + 1
endm
else
if i
wstr CatStr wstr,<,>
endif
wstr CatStr wstr,<parm>
endif
endm
exitm <wstr>
endm
.data
dw L("abc def")
dw L("%&a")
; dw L("!!!!") ;these "disappear" in Masm
END