IF statement error?

[bigsofty]

This does not work...

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

a$ = "a"
IF a$<>"" THEN DEBUG "a$ not blank"

There are ways around this, checking for the length of the string, ELSEIF etc... but there all workarounds. This could be very confusing for a GLB beginner.

Request: It would be great if good old logical NOT was supported in the IF statements.

[Moru]

That code works fine for me with version 7.078. What version are you running?

[bigsofty]

Thanks Moru, weird problem.

Now I am confused, if I run the above code as a new project, it runs as expected.

If I insert the code into my own project, it does not work?

I'll do a little experimenting to see if I can see if I highlight the problem better... 

[bigsofty]

Pah, previous compile run created a dead process in memory... killed it off an it ran fine.

Thanks for your help Moru

P.S. I would still like to be able to use NOT in an IF statement though

[Moru]

Try if bNOT is doing what you want, I'm not totally sure it will work as you expect it :-)

[MrTAToad]

BNOT is for binary stuff, not logical...

[Moru]

yes, I was expecting that since true in GLBasic is 1, not -1. So it's not working.