where's the logic?

[Brian K. White]

On 8/4/2017 7:02 PM, Jean-Pierre Radley via Filepro-list wrote:
> Something is rusty, perhaps my brain...
>
> I want to end processing if field A(12,$) is blank or equal to 0.
>
> Field A has a value of $27.84 but the test says it doesn't.
>
> This is what I see while debugging:
>
>  - True ---------------------------------------------------- Prc. Name: aging -
>          If:  a eq " " or a eq "0"
>      9 Then:  end
>  Enter Field > a             |      $27.84|
>
> How can the test return "True" when A has a good value?
>
>

The first character of A is " "

You want a{"" eq " ", or compare()

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bkw