browse keys (@bk)

[Kenneth Brody]

"Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
[...]
> > > Happens it will; I just tested it: even if you press "X", what you get
> > > back in @BK is "x".
> >
> > @BK will contain the keystroke you pressed, and will retain the case that
> > you typed.
> >
> > If I press a lower-case letter, @BK contains that lower-case letter.  If
> > I press a capital letter, @BK contains the capital letter.
> 
> I just tested it: it doesn't work that way.  @BK was lower case, even
> when I typed an upper case letter.

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::end:
@entsel::show "\r T \r - test brwlook w/ xkey":
::end:
@keyT::ky = "":
::lookup zip = zipcodes  k=ky   i=A -nx b="(brw=12 xkey=abcdef fill=asc)*1
                  *2 *3 ":
::clearb:
::mesgbox "@bk='" & @bk & "'  @sk='" & @sk & "'":
::end:
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If I press 'a', @BK is "a".  If I press 'A', @BK is "A".

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> > > But more importantly, how come "=" is acceptable on an IF line?
> >
> > Because you can't have assignments on an if line, so "=" is available to
> > unambiguously mean "check for equality".
> 
> Noted.  But that doesn't explain why I *can't* use the traditional
> companions thereto (>, <, etc), which is the real question.

Because those still have the "normal" filePro meaning, even on an IF line.

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