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From: "Sascha Kimmel \(tricos Mediaservice\)" <kimmel@tricos.com>
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Subject: Again a question about ^text [Incompatible types of binary operator]
Date: 19 Nov 1999 13:21:10 -0000
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Hi again,

well, what about:

....

t:^text;
do
	(if t[]
		//'TEST' then ...
		//'TEST2' then ...
		...
	if);

....

Well, this won't work, because "(if t[]='TEST' then ... if)" won't work,
because I should use "(if 'TEST'->t.equal then ... if)".
But if you have many many comparisons of texts in your program a simple

	(if 'TEST'->t.equal then ... if);
	(if 'TEST2'->t.equal then ... if);
	(if 'TEST3'->t.equal then ... if);
	...

doesn't look very well, so is there a possibility?

Regards,
Sascha Kimmel
<kimmel@tricos.com>