Condition: if amount less than 0

[Former Member]

Hi abappers,

How come it's not passing when the condition is Amount < 0 where Amount =

0.80. It recognized as greater than 0. The data type is DEC(12,2). What should be the correct statement?

[Former Member]

hi,

0.80 is greater that Zero.

Thanks,

Senthil

[ThomasZloch]

0.8 > 0

valid mathematics, no?

[prince_isaac]

hie Ella

to make it easier all amounts that are less than zero have a negative sign either leading or trailing.

-0.80 .....0.....0.80

regards

prince isaac

[Former Member]

sorry guys my mistake it's -0.80

[matt]

You have

IF A < B....

What are the types of the two variables of A and B? If one or more is actually a character based type, then you'll encounter your problem.

oh... hang on. Try amount < '0.80'.

matt

[Former Member]

Hi

Where is your problem, u need to check if the amount is greater than 0:

DATA: AMOUNT TYPE P.

MOVE '0.80-' TO AMOUNT.

IF AMOUNT => 0.
  ......do something
ELSE.
  WRITE: 'Invalid number'.
ENDIF.

Max