[Jprogramming] Problem working with data loaded from a file

[PackRat]

I wrote:
> > That second problem was that I forgot that one cannot use "=" as a
> > Boolean comparison verb for literals (except for single characters).

and Devon McCormick responded:
> This isn't true. 

I'm sorry, I used incorrect phraseology.  My intent was NOT to state 
that literals cannot be compared in a Boolean manner (i.e., a series of 
Boolean values can be generated for the various comparisons).  Of 
course, they can.  Rather, what I was thinking, but didn't clearly 
state, is that I wanted a SINGLE Boolean value (true or false) for the 
result of the entire comparison, regardless of the lengths of the two 
literals.  (In other languages, I'd be comparing strings for equality 
or identity--just a simple true/false answer to act upon.)  Hope this 
clarifies!


Harvey