Is the user entering the response in upper or lower case? You may need to use the translate function to get it to upper case. And you may want to use <> for not equal vs. what you've coded. The not sign doesn't always translate well when going from ebcidic to ascii (depends on code page being used, etc.).
Steve ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: REXX coding question. This is confusing me. The response to the variable 'answer' is a Y. Yet this portion of the code isn't working. Shouldn't the logic just fall thru because the response was a Y. IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) /= 'Y' | ANSWER /= 'YES' THEN DO SAY ANSWER SAY 'THE WRONG RESPONSE HAS BEEN ENTERED' SAY SAY 'PROCEDURE IS TERMINATING, PLEASE TRY AGAIN' EXIT END Thanks _____________ LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash.
