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SKILL if statement

nosaj

Can anyone point out why doesn't the if statement below return YES since argType is a string?

Code : if.il
;=============================
a="a"
argType=type(a)
printf("argType=(%s)\n" argType)

if( argType=="string" then
        printf("YES (%s)\n" argType)
else
        printf("NO   (%s)\n" argType)
)
;=============================


CIW Output :

load("if.il")
argType=(string)
NO   (string)
t

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  • Because type returns a symbol, not a string. There's an important difference between the two. A symbol is typically the name of something (in this case the name of the type, but could be the name of a variable, or the name of a function) rather than a string of characters.

    If you had:

    if(argType=='string then ...

    Then it would do what you want.

    Regards,

    Andrew
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  • Because type returns a symbol, not a string. There's an important difference between the two. A symbol is typically the name of something (in this case the name of the type, but could be the name of a variable, or the name of a function) rather than a string of characters.

    If you had:

    if(argType=='string then ...

    Then it would do what you want.

    Regards,

    Andrew
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