Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] IF testing characters

2022-11-28 Thread Kris Buelens
Thanks John for this education Kris Buelens, --- VM/VSE consultant, Belgium --- --- Op ma 28 nov. 2022 om 13:45 schreef John P. Hartmann : > On 11/28/22 11:10, Kris Buelens wrote: > > I repeat that #1 (or in France £1) is

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] IF testing characters

2022-11-28 Thread John P. Hartmann
On 11/28/22 11:10, Kris Buelens wrote: I repeat that #1 (or in France £1) is a counter, so no spaces by definition. This is no longer the case. Counters can now contain non-numeric strings as well as proper numbers. Perhaps #1 should be called a variable, just as Alain does. The initial va

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] IF testing characters

2022-11-28 Thread John P. Hartmann
On 11/28/22 10:07, Alain Benvéniste wrote: Yes John ^ is the good character. There is something i still don’t understand : If i code If £1==a and a is equal to b3339 b for blank, the if is not honored If I use a If space(£1)==space(a) it works. It could mean that when i do a set £1:=a the blank i

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] IF testing characters

2022-11-28 Thread Kris Buelens
I repeat that #1 (or in France £1) is a counter, so no spaces by definition. I guess that space(#1) converts it to a string and so you can compare to identifier "a", what is a string Kris Buelens, --- VM/VSE consultant, Belgium ---

Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] IF testing characters

2022-11-28 Thread Alain Benvéniste
Yes John ^ is the good character. There is something i still don’t understand : If i code If £1==a and a is equal to b3339 b for blank, the if is not honored If I use a If space(£1)==space(a) it works. It could mean that when i do a set £1:=a the blank is removed… ? Resiliency Services on Z Mai