filepro quirk

[Roger Cornelius]

I've been absent from this list for awhile and have a couple of filepro
related questions.  The first is below.  I'll post the second 
separately.

dreport v 4.8.10D4 on SCO OSR5.0.7

I have the following code:

         If: 
       Then: import WORD imp=(if)
	   ...

         If: imp(2) eq "TX"
       Then: gosub TXTYPE
         If: imp(2) eq "TXA"
       Then: gosub TXATYPE

Given this input record:

"D42535","TX","48277","48766","10272004","1","34122"

Both of the imp(2) comparisons are successful.  Why?  What I found works
is:
         If:
       Then: zf(3,*) 
         If: 
       Then: zf = imp(2)
         If: zf eq "TX "	' note space after TX
       Then: gosub TXTYPE
         If: zf eq "TXA"
       Then: gosub TXATYPE

It appears filepro is comparing only the first n characters of the two
vars where n is the length of the shorter of the two.
I believe I remember reading something about this, possibly on this
list, long ago.  Can anyone explain this behavior to me?

-- 
Roger Cornelius            rac at custom-mobility.com

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