RE: [sqr-users] FW: compare array-field with a string

["the dragon" <ceprn@hotmail.com>]

Annerose,

Make certain the value you are comparing is always the same *format*...  My 
guess is you're comparing something with extra spaces against something 
without spaces.  Use a show statement before your compare that looks like 
this...

#debugv show 'The array value for [whatever] = |'  $bewdata_descr '|'

I bet you'll see some extra spaces.  If you just do a regular show, such as

#debugv show 'The array value for [whatever] = '  $bewdata_descr

you'll never see the extra spaces, so [Hugo     ] will *look* like [Hugo], 
but the comparrison will fail.

After you see that you have extra spaces, you'll need to remove them with an 
rtrim and/or ltrim

let $bewdata_descr = ltrim(rtrim($bewdata_descr, ' '), ' ')

before you do your compare....

Hope this helps,

Peace
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----Original Message Follows----

Hello,

I've following (urgent) problem:

I have created an array, loaded with the values (put)(within a while-loop) 
and then accessed
the array with get (within a while-loop) for comparing the field description 
with a fixed
string (variable: 'Hugo').
Although I see the correct value of this array-field with DISPLAY, but  the 
IF-comparison
is not true.
What is the problem ?
In a next step, I delimited the description-field with   let ... = 
substr($bewdata_descr,1,4)
and compared with 'Hugo' , but I had again no success !!

Many thanks for your help !!!



  CREATE-ARRAY name=bewdata   size={max_entries_bewdata}
           field=description:char
           field=report-type:char
           field=excl-code:char
           field=firmnr:char
           field=pay-element:char:2
           field=element-code:char:3


      ....

       put $description $report_type $exclusion_code $firmnr $pay_element1 
$pay_element2
              $element_code1 $element_code2 $element_code3 into bewdata(#j)
              description report-type excl-code firmnr pay-element(0) 
pay-element(1)
              element-code(0) element-code(1) element-code(2)


   ....

  get $bewdata_descr $bewdata_report-type $bewdata_excl $bewdata_firmnr
           from bewdata(#i) description report-type excl-code firmnr

  if $bewdata_descr = 'Hugo'    !is always wrong


many thanks

     Annerose

Annerose Martin
Hewlett-Packard Boeblingen (Germany)
EMEA Payroll and Time Tracking IT Team

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