All right, Craig, there are other alternatives that _will_ work. :-)
But why doesn't 'if (TheField eq "00000")' work properly?
[I can sort of understand this being mis-recognised as a numeric
compare]
Or 'if (TheField:" " eq "00000 ")' ?
[Now that really should work, in my view, but it doesn't]
Mike
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> Mike,
> > I have to code 'if (TheField eq "00000") and (len(TheField)
> eq 5) then
>
> How about:
>
> if (TheField MATCHES "5N") AND (TheField eq 0) then
>
> or
>
> if (TheField MATCHES "'00000'") then
>
>
> Craig
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