RE: [Tiny-cobol-users] SPACES keyword

[<bko...@ma...>]

If WA-MAXIMUM-MODEL-YEAR-FROM-USER is PIC 9, it will never be equal to
SPACES.  SPACES is an alphanumeric literal, whereas PIC 9 data is only
numeric.  In other words, you can compare PIC X and PIC A data to SPACES,
but never PIC 9.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Dravet [mailto:dr...@ca...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 5:08 PM
To: tin...@li...
Subject: [Tiny-cobol-users] SPACES keyword

I have the following piece of code

PERFORM GET-MAXIMUM-MODEL-YEAR
UNTIL ((WA-MAXIMUM-MODEL-YEAR-FROM-USER <= WA-YEAR) AND
       (WA-MAXIMUM-MODEL-YEAR-FROM-USER > 00)) OR
       (WA-MAXIMUM-MODEL-YEAR-FROM-USER = SPACES).

The program compiles and runs, but the program will continue past this
point.  When the program runs it prompts for a model-year.  The program
should move to the next question if I just press enter to the question,
but the program is not reading the SPACES keyword right.  I put in 2
spaces and press enter but it didn't work either.

Jason


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