Re: compare to a blank

You can compare to a blank field, you just have to
rember that if a field is blank the 400 returns a
string of blanks whose length is equal to the number
of positions in the field. So you just have to give
the compare statement a blank string whose length
equals the length of the field. So if the field is 20
positions you must compare to a string of blanks
twenty positions long.

Example:

if(record.getField("EXAMFIELD").equals("              
     "){
 //do this
}


Just as a side note if you expect a blank field try
this code so you don't have to worry about field
lengths

if(record.getField("EXAMFIELD").toString().trim().length()
== 0){
 //do this
}

its a little clunky and not as efficient as i would
like but at least you don't have to modify your code
every time a table is changed.

--- "Gibbons, Michael" <bmis04@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU>
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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