-=> Quoting Mike Tripp to Phil Crown <=- 

 MT> = also functions as a string comparison operator in Rexx.  The
 MT> difference between = and == is that = will ignore leading/trailing
 MT> blanks while == requires strict equality. So: 
 MT> ' test' = 'test ' is true.
 MT> ' test' == 'test ' is false.

 MT> | is the logical OR operator and expects boolean arguments, while ||
 MT> performs string concatenation. So: 
 MT> ' test' || 'test ' is ' testtest '
 MT> and ' test' | 'test ' generates an error in an assignment statement
 MT> since Rexx doesn't interpret the strings as boolean values.

Thanks for clearing that up.  I should probably get a good book on Rexx. :-)

phil.crown{at}bluecafe.com

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