The statement as written says IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) Not = 'Y' OR ANSWER Not = 'YES' THEN
If the reply was Y then ANSWER Not = "YES" is satisfying the IF statement. ____________________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "Its kind of fun to do the impossible." (Walt Disney) ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Payne Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:26 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: REXX coding question. I have seen this before and it was a case sensitive issue, also had to check lower case "y" HTH -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: REXX coding question. This is confusing me. The response to the variable 'answer' is a Y. Yet this portion of the code isn't working. Shouldn't the logic just fall thru because the response was a Y. IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) /= 'Y' | ANSWER /= 'YES' THEN DO SAY ANSWER SAY 'THE WRONG RESPONSE HAS BEEN ENTERED' SAY SAY 'PROCEDURE IS TERMINATING, PLEASE TRY AGAIN' EXIT END Thanks _____________ LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash.
