It checks the others to show you have not entered a valid response. - I think most terminal emulators will interpret the beep and do a sound, or even flash the screen.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mecki Foerthmann Sent: 15 March 2012 19:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] Unusual code The code will perform the Enter Problem codes sub if anything except Y or 1 are entered. So why test for N and 2 at all? Just to let the terminal beep which doesn't work on a terminal emulator anyway? I would have just used IF THEN ELSE. On 15/03/2012 19:18, Susan Joslyn wrote: > For multilingual. I go with 0/1 for no/yes, myself. But then you can > use a code table - in any language - where the returned value is 1 or > 2 and test for that in the programs. Also lets the code table or > whatever other validation utility you use deal with the upper and > lower case issue. Final result is 0/1 and all programs can use that > and don't have to be changed when the language does. > > I still wouldn't use that construct, but that could explain why the numeric. > > SJ > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4872 - Release Date: 03/15/12 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
