Re: compare to a blank

[Nick_Vrtis@xxxxxxxxx]

The constant " " is not the same as the object "field", so they will always
compare not equal.  You need to code !field.equals(" ");  That does a
String compare.  The != asks if they are the same object, not whether the
contents are the same...

Nick




"Gibbons, Michael" <bmis04@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU>@midrange.com on
06/22/2000 01:43:24 PM

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Subject:  compare to a blank


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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