Re: compare to a blank

Try

        if (!field.equals(" "))

What you're doing is asking whether field and " " refer to the same
memory location which they don't.

HTH,
Gary

"Gibbons, Michael" wrote:
> 
> 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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