Concatenating a null to the numbers doesn't achieve anything they are unchanged and remain floating point numbers.
Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [U2] [UV]Strange But True : But wait, it gets even weirder! : : If you do the following, to make sure there's no chance of the two : strings acting as numeric: : : VAL1 = "43008E-112": "" : and : VAL2 = "43008E-108":"" : : the program still fails. When you REALLY make sure you're doing a string compare with : : IF (VAL1:"" = VAL2:"") THEN : : it STILL FAILS! : : Oh well, I guess U2 has a mind of its own with regard to string compare. Note that the string compare works OK on most generic Pick platforms. : : Matthew H. Stern, CCP/CDP, [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Serving the IT industry since 1976 : Comprehensive Computer Services Inc. : www.comprehensive.com : Phone: 631 755-2250, Fax 755-2254 : 560 Broad Hollow Road, Melville NY 11747 : : : : Marilyn Hilb wrote: : : >I had this same problem with our bin locations that contained an E. I ended up swapping E for X before doing the compare to get the results I wanted. : > : >Thanks, : > : >Marilyn A. Hilb : >Value Part, Inc : >Direct: 847-918-6099 : >Fax: 847-367-1892 : >[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >www.valuepart.com : > : > -----Original Message----- : >From: Louis Windsor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:20 AM : >To: [email protected] : >Subject: Re: [U2] [UV]Strange But True : > : >I don't know if it is intentional but the values you are comparing : >are exponential. : > : >So the comparison is of two incredibly small numbers. The : >numbers are so small they are equal for all intents or purposes. : > : >My 2c worth. : > : >Louis : > : > : >----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Bjorn Behr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : >To: <[email protected]> : >Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:08 PM : >Subject: [U2] [UV]Strange But True : > : > : >: Uv Version: UniVerse 10.1 : >: OS : Windows 2003 Server : >: : >: Can anybody explain. I wrote a small program and the result has baffeled : >me. : >: : >: Program: : >: : >: VAL1 = "43008E-112" : >: VAL2 = "43008E-108" : >: IF (VAL1 = VAL2) THEN : >: CRT "THIS IS STRANGE" : >: END : >: : >: It returns THIS IS STRANGE. Does anybody know why? : >: ________________________________________________________________________ : >: Regards : >: Bjvrn Behr : >: Programmer : >: : >: HYFLO Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd : >: Tel : +27 11 386 5800 : >: Fax : +27 11 444 5391 : >: Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : >: WWW : http://www.hyflo.co.za : >: ________________________________________________________________________ : >: ------- : >: u2-users mailing list : >: [email protected] : >: To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ : >: : >: : >: : >: : >: -- : >: Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. : >: Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : >: Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 3/01/2005 : >: : >: : ------- : u2-users mailing list : [email protected] : To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ : : : : : -- : Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 3/01/2005 : : -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 3/01/2005 ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
