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Re: data comparison [message #44271 is a reply to message #44270]

Wed, 01 June 2005 19:25

angela
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Registered: June 2005

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Thank you! I tried both and they still give me the same wrong answer
-1.
Any other suggestions?

Thank you for the help,
Angela

Benjamin Hornberger wrote:
> angela wrote:
>> I am trying to extract specific values from an array, datax (string
>> array[1,300]).
>> When I type the command
>>
>> print,datax GE 100
>>
>> it works fine and it gives me the correct answer. But when I type
>>
>> print,datax GE x
>>
>> where x has been defined in the program earlier as 100 and is an
>> integer array[1]
>> the result is -1 which is wrong since there are values in this array
>> that are greater or equal than 100.
>> Does anyone have an idea what is going on?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Angela
>>
>
> Why is your data array of string type? Try to convert one to the type of
> the other before comparison:
>
> print, datax GE string(x)
>
> or
>
> print, fix(datax) GE x
>
> Good luck,
> Benjamin

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		Re: data comparison By: angela on Wed, 01 June 2005 20:33
		Re: data comparison By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 01 June 2005 20:08
		Re: data comparison By: angela on Wed, 01 June 2005 19:25
		Re: data comparison By: Benjamin Hornberger on Wed, 01 June 2005 14:44

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