Wrong, that should be doing a numeric compare. Look it up. A comparison operator of <<= would be for a string compare. "<=" asks for numeric comparison.
-- Mike Harding z/VM System Support /sp CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 08/23/2016 01:58:27 PM: > From: Ronald van der Laan <nl50...@gmail.com> > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 08/23/2016 01:59 PM > Subject: Re: Incorrect Handling of Negative Numbers With PICK? > Sent by: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Michael, > > You're doing string compares, so "-0......" is less than "-1". > You'll also find that "-2000000.0000000" will not pass your filter... > Try ... | pick substr 1 of w2 = /-/ and substr 2-* of w2 >>= > /00000001.000000/ | ... > > Op dinsdag 23 augustus 2016 heeft Michael Marrer <rexx-pi...@marrer.com> > het volgende geschreven: > > > This would seem to be basically working, as I do get the numbers less > > than negative 1 in the output file: > > > > pipe ' (end ?) < ' filename filetype filemode, > > '| pick w2 <= /-1/ ', > > '| > ' filename ' WORDOVER ' filemode, > > ' ' > > > > The problem is that I get ALL negative numbers, not just those less > > than negative 1. For example, these get selected as well: > > > > - > > > > -00000000.007800 > > > > So does anyone have any idea what is going wrong? > > > > I know I can also accomplish what I want by defining the word with a > > variable in a SPECs stage and doing an IF/THEN operation, but as I > > will be doing other tests on that word as well as other words in the > > data file, it will get a little convoluted. > > > > I believe this represents the level of Pipes we are using: > > > > 11 Rev 0C Mod 0002 > > 110C0002 > > > > > -- > Ronald van der Laan >
