Re: compare to a blank

[marshall@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Try, 

if (!field.equals("") {
}


and if the string might be padded with blanks try,
if (!field.trim().equals("")) {
}

Never use == or != on objects (a string is an object).  These check to see if the objects are the same (i.e. the variables point to the same memory location).  Where .equals() is checking for equivalent value.

Marshall
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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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