Re: How can this be?? Must be something OBVIOUS

["Peter Dow (ML)" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don,

Maybe it's because they're strings, not numbers, so the comparison is 
left-adjusted blank-filled, not based on decimal alignment.

In other words, "4" is greater than "1".

hth,
*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

Don Cavaiani wrote:
> TSTTOD   TSTQTR   (from mytable1a)
> 04:00a   4.00
>
> 	@DTW_TB_GETV(mytable1a, "1", "2", savi1d)     
> 4.00 savi1d
>  
> TSTTOD   TSTQTR   (from mytable1b)
> 01:30a   1.50
>
>         @DTW_TB_GETV(mytable1b, "1", "2", savo1d)
> 1.50 savo1d 
>
> %IF (savi1d >= "16.00")
> @dtw_eval("$(savo1d) + 24", savo1d)
> %ELSE
> %ENDIF
>
> 25.5 savo1d    
>
>
> Don F. Cavaiani
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