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  <RefEntryTitle>parse-pi-attribute</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>parse-pi-attribute</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>no documented purpose</RefPurpose>
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<Synopsis>
(parse-pi-attribute pivalues #!optional (skip #f))
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(define (parse-pi-attribute pivalues #!optional (skip #f))
  (let* ((equalpos (string-index pivalues "="))
	 (name     (substring pivalues 0 equalpos))
	 (quotchar (substring pivalues (+ equalpos 1) (+ equalpos 2)))
	 (rest     (substring pivalues 
			      (+ equalpos 2) 
			      (string-length pivalues)))
	 (quotpos  (string-index rest quotchar))
	 (value    (substring rest 0 quotpos))
	 (morevals (strip (substring rest 
				     (+ quotpos 1) 
				     (string-length rest)))))
    (if skip
	morevals
	(list name value))))
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