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echo: os2prog
to: Bill Parker
from: Dan Larson
date: 1995-01-25 05:04:58
subject: HELP

BH>/* Open file for read & write */
BH>   IF STREAM('F:\VXREXX\TEST.TXT','C','OPEN') == 'READY:' THEN
BH>   DO

 DL> The comparison opertor for "equals" in REXX is = , not ==.

BP>Nope, there really are two of them...

BP>==  True if terms are strictly equal (identical)

BP>=   True if terms are equal (numerically or when padded, and so forth)


Hmmm, I gues I stand corrected on that one.



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