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07/06/2001 09:28:13
Naomi Nosonovsky
Wisconsin, United States
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Re: Public object with array...
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00513702
Message ID:
00516283
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Jim,

That's right, but the original question was about ascan command. How can we ensure, that ascan would find the exact match?

Thanks in advance.

>>Check set exact settings. Better set it on and use Exact Name match to check.
>
>Nadia,
>
>This si not correct. SET EXACT ON does NOT>
>
>lcVar1 = "Smith     "
>lcVar2 = "Smi"
>
>SET EXACT OFF
>?lcVar2 = lcVar1 && .T.
>
>SET EXACT ON
>?lcVar2 = lcVar1 && .F.
>
>* Now the trouble
>lcVar1 = "Smith     " && Note trailing spaces
>lcVar2 = "Smith"
>
>SET EXACT OFF
>?lcVar2 = lcVar1 && .T.
>
>SET EXACT ON
>?lcVar2 = lcVar1 && .T.  These report as being equal and they are not
>
>* Now the real exact mathcing
>?lcVar2 == lcVar1 && .F. And this is always correct even with exact set off
>
>
>The conclusion, if you want exact string matching use the == and do not depend on SET EXACT ON. Leave SET EXACT OFF always.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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