Easy, use a specs variable: ... '|Specs a: w -1 . ..... if a=="stuff" then ... else ... endif
The last I knew, double-quotes were the only acceptable delineator for this construct but that may have changed. -- Mike Harding z/VM System Support /sp CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/17/2018 12:07:28 PM: > From: Donald Russell <russell....@gmail.com> > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 12/17/2018 12:09 PM > Subject: SPECS IF ... comparing strings > Sent by: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > I'm using structured data with specs to build a record, and the last word > of the input record influences part of the value.. > > Rather than > IF1: IF PICK W-1 == /stuff/ > > SPECS ... > > IF1: > > SPECS ... > > IF1: > > Can the SPECS IF clause compare strings, so I can do something like... > > SPECS ... IF word(record(),-1) == /stuff/ THEN ... ENDIF > (The above got a syntax error) > > That avoids duplicating things if the two SPECS stage when using the > IF/THEN/ELSE with PICK. > > Thanks, > Don >
