That is it.  I downloaded activestate to play with.  I'm glad that I am not 
loosing my mind and that someone else had this problem too.

Thanks for putting me at ease.

Chris

At 09:51 AM 8/5/2001, Steve Howard wrote:
>By any chance are you using Activestate? I have no explanation, but I have
>run across two or three times when everything should have worked, the
>variable evalueated to what it should have been, but the if refused to
>return true and execute. those three times I have been able to delete the
>line and re-type it and make it work.
>
>Like I said, I have no explanation as to why, but yes I have run into times
>when the if just refused to work. I just happen to use activestate which is
>why I asked the first question. I'd like to see if there is some common
>denominator between what we have seen in this.
>
>Steve H.
>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: If Statement won't work
> >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:22:25 -0500
> >
> >Can anyone tell me why my if statement refuses to work?  It is really
> >simple.  I can't understand it.
> >
> >$winner = 1;
> >if($winner == 1){
> >print "$winner\n";
> >}
> >
> >No matter what I try, it never returns true.  Not even 1 == 1.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Chris
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