Re: GAH!!!!!! Excel is so STUPID!

[Bill <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Gibbs wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> > But isn't that exactly what iSeries programmers run into when 
> > developing international versions of their software?
>
> Actually, no, the text may be different ... but the rpg expression 
> %len(%trim(dbcsfield)) will always return the correct number of bytes.  
> Double byte characters are always (plus a shift-out & shift-in 
> character).  The expression is completely deterministic.

Actually, I meant something like:

If fielda = '$' ;

Does this comparison not return a different outcome depending upon the 
language installed?

Bill