using pipe in conditions

[Jeff Harrison]

--- Scott Nelson <scott at logicdatasystems.com> wrote:

> Just wondering......
> 
> I have seen the pipe used in ' if: not aa co "a|b|c"
> '  -  to test if aa 
> does not contain a or b or c.
> 
> Why not as ' if: aa eq "a|b|c" '  - to shorten the
> condition line, 
> instead of   ' if: aa eq "a" or aa eq "b" or aa eq
> "c"
> 
> ???
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott Nelson
> 

Actually, the following is acceptable in filepro:
if: "a|b|c" co aa

Now, it can get slightly more complicated if you are
dealing with fields of different lengths, so you may
want to modify this slightly as in:

if: "|a|b|c|" co ("|"{aa{"|")


Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHImport and JHExport. The fastest and
easiest ways to create code for filePro Imports and
Exports. 



 
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