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Article #6Re: pascal trouble
From: SpaceMan Spiff?
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:24
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:24
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In article <1992Apr12.024103.27635@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@csws7.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: > > I have to do a database option where the user presses >RETURN if he does not want the data changed. The string read >in is an array of length 9. This is what I tried: > > if string = ' ' then data_does_not_change; > > This line is not being read for some reason the way >I would expect it to. Should this work? It could be that I forgot >something somewhere else, but I have had problems like this >throughout this program. > > >-- > // David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3662 AMIGA DDD-MEN > // Not the llama! Come here Earl; I want to tell you something... > \X/ Liverpool, New York flames to suggestions@cbmvax.commodore.com Try This: Temp : String; Begin Readln(Temp); If Temp <> '' Then Current := Temp; When the user hits return and hasn't typed anything then there will be no change made to the current string. If the user did type something then it is assumed that they wanted a change, which is done. Hope this help -MAtthew Crocker s1949782@titan.ucc.umass.edu
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Newsgroups: sbcs.cse114,comp.lang.pascal Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.mtholyoke.edu!nic.umass.edu!titan.ucc.umass.edu!s1949782 From: s1949782@titan.ucc.umass.edu (SpaceMan Spiff?) Subject: Re: pascal trouble Message-ID: <1992Apr12.132439.22812@nic.umass.edu> Sender: usenet@nic.umass.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: titan.ucc.umass.edu Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst References: <1992Apr12.011409.26898@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1992Apr12.024103.27635@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Distribution: na Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:24:39 GMT Lines: 37