15 years ABL or longer and I wasn't aware of this feature. :-)
I know that default is not case sensitive but that spaces are handled similar I didn't know.
define variable cTest as character no-undo.
cTest = " ".
message cTest = "" view-as alert-box. -> yes|true
So, a [space] is equal to [blank]
Coming from the MS world it's confusing.
Help:
The equal comparison ignores trailing blanks. Thus, "abc" is equal to "abc ". However, leading and embedded blanks are treated as characters and " abc" is not equal to "abc".
It describes the behaviour.
But when the operators = and EQ defines not really equal values to equal, which ABL command makes a trusted compare without being more intelligent as the user?
You probably need the COMPARE function.
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Hi Richard,
I tested Compare and it works as expected (by me) although I used EQ as comperator too.
So within Compare "EQ" as relation-operator is different than using EQ operator.
Very confusing because the relation-operators are not descibed in the help.
define variable cTest as character no-undo.
cTest = " ".
message cTest = "" view-as alert-box.
MESSAGE COMPARE (cTest, "=", "", "CAPS").
From my logical view it's not stringent (german word)
I have to be aware of it that for 100% comparision I need to use the longer COMPARE function.
Thank you for your annotation.
You probably need the COMPARE function.
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Hi Richard,
I tested Compare and it works as expected (by me) although I used EQ as comperator too.
So within Compare "EQ" as relation-operator is different than using EQ operator.
Very confusing because the relation-operators are not descibed in the help.
define variable cTest as character no-undo.
cTest = " ".
message cTest = "" view-as alert-box.
MESSAGE COMPARE (cTest, "=", "", "CAPS").
From my logical view it's not stringent (german word)
I have to be aware of it that for 100% comparision I need to use the longer COMPARE function.
Thank you for your annotation.
also, trailing spaces are left out of index entries.
