Re: NOT Symbolic Operator

Buzz Fenner wrote:

4. NOT Symbolic Operator (Buzz Fenner)

Having fits trying to code a clle member, because the normal symbolic
operator for ?NOT? doesn?t seem to be available on the keyboard. Using the
shift-6 key is supposed to work with multinational character sets; the
member compiles but fails to execute because of that character. Is there a
keyboard mapping function available, or am I just missing the correct key?

Buzz:

As Booth mentioned, the way to do this is to use *NOT rather than the symbol. The symbol is a variant character that can be changed (without you realizing it) by editing the source member on terminals with different character sets or on remote systems such as PCs.

Code this way for example:

if ( *not &myvar *and ( &sales *gt &taxes )) then( do )

Not the best example nor was it copy/pasted from code, but it should make sense.

Use *NOT, *AND, *OR, *GT, *LT, *GE, *LE and *EQ. Avoid the special characters and you'll avoid potential future problems.

Tom Liotta