Ulrich, As long as his intent is a simple equality/inequality test, "=="/"<>" will work fine, in so far as the offsets are both presented with the same length and in the same case. A requirement for x2d(...) will only arise if the offsets are presented with the possibility of differing lengths, differing cases, or if a comparative magnitude test is required (<, <=, >=, or >).
John P. Baker -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ulrich Krueger Sent: 03/10/2008 1:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Rexx bug? Todd, What is your intent with this comparison? Do you want to compare two quoted character strings or do you want to compare the numeric (hexadecimal) values? If the latter, shouldn't you have coded either offset1 = "0000E0"X; offset2 = "0000E8"X; Or offset1 = x2d("0000E0"); offset2 = x2d("0000E8"); instead? Regards, Ulrich Krueger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
