compare to a blank

["Gibbons, Michael" <bmis04@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hello,

after a field is retrieved via record level access i am having a hard time
comparing to a blank. In rpg on the 400 i would say     (field  ifne    " ")
but i guess that doesn't work. With debug i know the field is empty. I have
been trying this 

if(field != " ")        {
                out.println(field);}
else {out.println("Empty"); }

Also tried field != null 

any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance 

Michael P. Gibbons
Manager of Programming & Technical Services 
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
2300 Adams Ave. 
Scranton, PA 18509

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