Everything is character strings in REXX. Some character strings can be interpreted as numeric values... Consider: var1 = "123" var2 = 5 var3 = var1 * var2 /* gives var3 = 615 */ REXX make a numeric compare if possible.
Thomas Berg _____________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist IT Utveckling Swedbank AB (Publ) > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Ulrich Krueger > Skickat: den 10 mars 2008 18:52 > Till: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Ämne: Re: Rexx bug? > > > offset1 = "0000E0" ; > > offset2 = "0000E8" ; > > if (offset1 = offset2) then say "MATCH!" ; > > else say "NO MATCH!" > > > John, > I'm a little confused now ... > Todd said that his comparison returned 'match'. > If REXX executed a comparison of two equal-length character > strings, then a > 'match' - result would be incorrect. > Only if REXX interpreted the two character strings as > numerical values in > exponent notation (0**0 and 0**8) and performed a numerical > comparison, > would a 'match' - result be expected. But why? That's not > logical. Todd > coded two quoted character strings, didn't he? > > Could someone please run a TRACE and post the results? I can't at the > moment. This really puzzles me. > > > Regards, > Ulrich Krueger > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of John P. Baker > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:29 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Rexx bug? > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
