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[Nancy Palmquist]

Richard Kreiss wrote:
> I think this has been discussed previously but....
>
> Declare filename
> ::filename="market_memo@"{""
>
> If:filename eq "market_memo@"
> then:GOTO foobar
> if:filename eq "market_memo at archive"
> then:GOTO foobar1
>
> Both will test true when filename="market_memo@"
>
> When I change declare filename(32,*) and run the same programming, the test
> works properly.
>
> What is the difference between the cast and uncast declaration of filename
> allowing one to work and the other to "fail"?
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
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Richard,

I have a plan for this kind of thing.


If:filename{"~" eq "market_memo@"{"~"
then:GOTO foobar
if:filename{"~" eq "market_memo at archive"{"~"
then:GOTO foobar1

I append a character such as ~ or ^ to the end of the string and then
test.  It eliminates the kind of matches you encountered here.

Works great on left justified codes that vary in length and would match
incorrectly if left without the extra character.

Nancy

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