direct string access is curious

[ji3m]

Careful. It bites back.

Seems this is true in cas view entry.(and maybe in #cas)

Not so in a ppl pgm or in home view with a home created variable.

But then in home view or pgm,

A:= "abc" A (1) returns the asc integer 65 IF A was created as a home var

but

A (1) gives "a" if A is a cas variable.

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