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  3. March 2015

RE: RPG String Compare - Bug or not?

Here's the original sample code:
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string1 = 'abc';
string2 = 'abc ';

if (string1 = string2);
// Error: Trailing blanks must not be ignored when
// comparing varying fields.
dsply 'trailing blanks must not be ignored!';
else;
// that is correct
endif;
---------------------------------------------------

I've been doing .NET for 10+ years, and it operates "correctly" per the sample above. I've never had occasion to actually want this behavior, so every single condition has to be (string1.trim <> string2.trim). I'm glad not to have to go thru that with RPGLE.

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