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from: `Julian Thomas`
date: 2004-10-06 17:26:02
subject: Re: REXX - CASE/SELECT Problem - SOLVED

In, on 10/06/04 
   at 05:09 PM, "Don{ald} O.
Woodall" typed:

>>  /*  WHEN left(string,5) = Press THEN Pkount = Pkount + 1            */

>       WHEN left(string,9) = 'Press any' THEN Pkount = Pkount + 1

>     Anyone have a clue why the word "Press" by itself was
>not sufficient to do the job?

I think it would have worked this way:

       WHEN left(string,5) = 'Press' THEN Pkount = Pkount + 1

Without quotes, REXX was converting it to PRESS.  Tracing this would have
clued you in  a few moments.

 
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