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The if command in the Name
Hi,

Some of my items have special instruction son them. So if the item is has instructions I out a * in the name field. I was thinking this will be only a couple of items, so I haven't created an additional field for this, and thought I would take of this later. Now it turns out to be more then I expected, and so I have many records with a * in the Name field. What I want to do is run the if command
Code:
|;
if ($rec{'Name'} eq '*' ) {
print "Instructions";
}print qq|.

As you already know this didn't work, since it was looking for ONLY * in the Name field. So how can I tell it to search in The Name field, and see if it contains the * sign, opposed to the eq command.

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JFrost







[This message has been edited by JFrost (edited March 04, 1999).]

[This message has been edited by JFrost (edited March 04, 1999).]
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Re: The if command in the Name In reply to
Try

if ($rec{'Name'} =~ /\*/) {



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JPD


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Re: The if command in the Name In reply to
Hi,

Just want to thank you again for all your help, it's working fine.

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JFrost