> Converting the offsets to hex or decimal would have also avoided the > problem, but it was overhead I didn't want to spend.
Another option is to add some character to the string so REXX doesn't interpret it as "zero in exponential form". For example: offset1 = "?" “0000E0” ; offset2 = "?" “0000E8” ; if (offset1 = offset2) then say “MATCH!” ; else say “NO MATCH!” will now return "NO MATCH". Mark Wheeler, 3M Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
