Chuck, Thanks for verifying it. Also thanks for letting me know about the DLIST command I was wondering if there was a way to look at an I-descriptor.
Jerry Banker Sr Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert Affiliated Acceptance Corp Sunrise Beach, MO 1-800-233-8483 www.affiliated.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoffrey Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:14 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Universe 10.1 Itype possible parsing problem > > I would think that honoring a reasonable order of operations when > parsing would resolve this. The extraction operator should certainly be > higher priority than comparison. > > In fact, it works correctly in a BASIC program (UV 10.1.8). I compiled > and ran the following: > > 0001: XX="" > 0002: XX<1>=5 > 0003: XX<2>="X" > 0004: IF XX<1>=5 THEN CRT "YES" ELSE CRT "NO" > > It returned "YES" as expected. If it suffered from the same affliction, > it should have returned "NO" as (XX<1) is not >= 5. > > Therefore, it would seem that the parser for the I-Types is, as > originally suggested, broken, or, more specifically, is not consistent > with the BASIC compiler. > > I confess, however, that I have not verified the alleged I-type behavior > on my system. > > > Jerry Banker wrote: > > >I have to add that this is just the reason why I stress using spaces > >between signs, variables, Boolean operators, and a liberal use of > >parentheses. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Jerry Banker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:46 PM > >>To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >>Subject: RE: [U2] Universe 10.1 Itype possible parsing problem > >> > >>What it is doing is evaluating as: > >>If @record is less than 3 is greater-than or equal to @record<6> then > >> > >> > >1 > > > > > >>else -1 > >>Or > >>In other words: > >>If 0 is greater-than or equal to 20071217:224240 then 1 else -1 > >> > >> > >> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: john reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:57 PM > >>>To: list > >>>Subject: [U2] Universe 10.1 Itype possible parsing problem > >>> > >>>In the following query, a file is listed with two identical itypes, > >>>save for field 2 spacing, as shown below. Fields 3 and 6 are all > >>> > >>> > >equal > > > > > >>>in the query shown. > >>> > >>>The difference is that there is no space between the > and = . This > >>>appears to yield wrong results, the bad one being shown as field 2 > >>>(all minus ones) in the query. > >>>Anyone seen this? > >>>john > >>> field 3 field 6 > >>>1 -1 20071217:224240 20071217:224240 > >>>1 -1 20071218:165115 20071218:165115 > >>>1 -1 20071217:211056 20071217:211056 > >>>1 -1 20071218:105346 20071218:105346 > >>> > >>>-- > >>>IF @RECORD<3> = @RECORD<6> THEN "1" ELSE "-1" > >>>IF @RECORD<3>= @RECORD<6> THEN "1" ELSE "-1" > >>>john > >>>------- > >>>u2-users mailing list > >>>u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >>>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > >>> > >>> > >>------- > >>u2-users mailing list > >>u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > >> > >> > >------- > >u2-users mailing list > >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > Geoffrey Mitchell > Programmer/Analyst > Home Decorator's Collection > 314-684-1062 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
