atom selection in xp3.851

[Isabelle Phan]

Dear All,

Please can anyone explain to me why $name is not replaced by its value
in the following statement:

 X-PLOR>for $resid in ( 7 8 31)loop meth 
 FOR LOOP: symbol RESID set to    7.00000     (real)
 X-PLOR>  eval ($name = "HA*") 
 EVALUATE: symbol $NAME set to "HA*" (string)
 X-PLOR>  coor sele= (segid "" and resid $resid and name $name) end 
 SELRPN:      0 atoms have been selected out of    621
             ^^^
 COOR: using atom subset.
 X-PLOR>  coor sele= (segid "" and resid $resid and name HA*) end 
 SELRPN:      2 atoms have been selected out of    621
             ^^^
 COOR: using atom subset.

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