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Feb 16, 2000, 10:55 AM

kipt

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Feb 16, 2000, 10:55 AM

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What is wrong with eq?

I have the following code, dying a horribly ugly death. Basically, it falls through to the else portion and assigns that value to $vehicle. But when I call $rec{'equipment'}, it shows the value I'm testing for. I've put print statements into the various loops, and it boils down to eq not working. Has anyone been confronted with this? I can't find any other way to test these values.

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	if ($rec{'equipment'} eq "F")			{		$vehicle = "Flatbed";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "R")		{		$vehicle = "Reefer";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "V")		{		$vehicle = "Van";					} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "F/R/V")	{		$vehicle = "Flatbed/Reefer/Van";	} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "R/V")		{		$vehicle = "Reefer/Van";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "F/V")		{		$vehicle = "Flatbed/Van";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "SD")		{		$vehicle = "Step Deck";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "DD")		{		$vehicle = "Double Deck";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "LB")		{		$vehicle = "Low Boy";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "HS")		{		$vehicle = "Hot Shot";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "AC")		{		$vehicle = "Auto Carrier";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "CV")		{		$vehicle = "Curtain Van";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "T")		{		$vehicle = "Tanker";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "DB")		{		$vehicle = "Dry Bulk";				} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "HB")		{		$vehicle = "Hopper Bottom";			} 
	elsif ($rec{'equipment'} eq "ALL")		{		$vehicle = "All Trucks";			} 	 
	else									{		$vehicle = "Truck Not Specified";	}

Feb 16, 2000, 11:06 AM

Eliot

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Feb 16, 2000, 11:06 AM

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Where are you putting these codes?

Also, you might try using single quotes rather than double quotes, like the following:

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if ($rec{'equipment'} eq 'F') {                          $vehicle = "Flatbed";                           }

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Feb 16, 2000, 11:22 AM

kipt

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Feb 16, 2000, 11:22 AM

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I've tried the single quotes already. No luck there either. I've also tried replacing $rec{'equipment'} with $somevariable to see if it was causing problems but no luck there either. This bit of code is near the beginning of html_record. I'm using it to set up headings on my output. On a search for *, it should print out:

$vehicle
---all entries with that vehicle---
$vehicle
---all entries of the next vehicle---

What is weird is that it works fine if I don't specify a Type of Equipment. If you want to see it in action, login as admin/admin at http://support.wcc.net/cgi-bin/bigtruck/db.cgi. The database isn't up for public consumption, so feel free to play around. This one has me baffled.

Thanks,
KipT

Feb 16, 2000, 3:22 PM

Eliot

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Feb 16, 2000, 3:22 PM

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I understand what you are trying to do...But thanks for the visual...

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replacing $rec{'equipment'} with
$somevariable

This will not work...you need to call the variable in the db_def hash into a record hash in the sub html_record routine.

You do want these values printed in the search results screen, right? And not in the add, modify, or delete screens, right?

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Feb 17, 2000, 2:59 AM

kipt

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Feb 17, 2000, 2:59 AM

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Actually, it was

Code:
$somevar=$rec{'equipment'};  
if ($somevar eq "F")     { etc.

Yes, I want this on Search Results, but don't care if the same header comes up for any Result page. Those will only be one so it's no big deal. I ran the following tests yesterday:

Code:
$f = "F"; 
if ($f eq "F")      failed 

if ($f eq $f)       passed 

if ($f eq F)        failed 

if (F eq F)         passed 

if ('$rec{'equipment'}' eq 'F')  failed 

if ("$rec{'equipment'}" eq F)  failed 

$f = lc($rec{'equipment'}; 

if ($f eq "f")       failed

etc. I couldn't come up with any other ways to test. But it seems like eq just works when it wants to. For some reason, it never actually tested the contents of any $var. I still can't figure out why it would work perfectly if I don't select a Type of Equipment to search for.

Baffled,

KipT