JESS: Question about multifields...

[Joseph Grant]

I have been trying to work this out, and I need some help please.   This works:   (deftemplate suffix (multislot value)) (assert (suffix (value "md", "phd", "jr")))   (defrule check-suffix       ?fact1 <- (a ?x)       ?fact2 <- (suffix)       (a ?x)       (not (suffix (value $?before ?x $?after)))       =>       (printout t "Suffix " ?x " is not found" crlf)       (retract ?fact1)       (retract ?fact2))   If I assert the following: (assert (a “xxx”))   I get the result I am looking for if I type this in using JessWin.  No problem there.  However, I have a .clp file that is being used from a Java program.  When I enter the above code in that .clp file, this fails to run.  I was told this is because there is a ‘reset’ when the clp file is invoked from the java code.   So I am trying to do something like this:   (bind $?grocery-list (create$ eggs bread milk)   (defrule check-suffix         ?fact1 <- (a ?x)         (a ?x)         (not ($?suffix $?before ?x $?after))         =>         (printout t "Suffix " ?x " is not found" crlf)         (retract ?fact1))   Of course, this fails.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  I have been trying hard to understand this, but I must be missing something.   Thanks, Joe