Re: compare to a blank

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

6 of 1, half dozen the other.

Which one is clearer?


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
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"If all you have is RPG, then everything looks like a 400!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Merritt <cyberlync@yahoo.com>
To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com <JAVA400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: compare to a blank


>The new String is actually unnessacary becuase a
>string object is automatically instantiated on the
>within the program.
>--- "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
>wrote:
>> you didn't say, but if field is a String...
>>
>> if (field.equals(new String(" ")))
>>
>> As a String object, your code would compare the
>> reference to the string (its
>> name) to a blank or null.  The null would only test
>> equal if there was no
>> instance of the String reference and the blank will
>> never be equal.  You
>> have to use a method to compare the contents.
>>
>>
>===========================================================
>> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>>  -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System
>> Administrator
>>  -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network
>> Administrator
>>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
>>
>> "If all you have is RPG, then everything looks like
>> a 400!"
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gibbons, Michael
>> <bmis04@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU>
>> To: 'Java-L' <java400-L@midrange.com>
>> Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:33 PM
>> 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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