negative\postitive

hi
i want to be able to do this
when the amount coming in is positive if returns a c and if amount is negative it returns a d
this is what i have tried

Code:

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If SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_AMOUNT) < 0 Then
 SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_CD) = "d"
 Else
  SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_CD) = "C"
  End If

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any ideas why it doesnt work

Hello,

very difficult to guess ..

Is SNEX_ARRAY$ a function receiving EXE_AMOUNT as a parameter ?

If so :
Show the complete function code
If not so (then it is an array) : explain (because I personnally would not undersatant "it returns ...")

SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_AMOUNT)

The $ indicates the variable is a string. Possibly you need the value of this string

Try Val(SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_AMOUNT))

You say it doesn't work, what does it actually do?

Looks like QB 4.5 code

Yeah been a while since I have saw a $ used on a variable name but as far as I know it still works in VB6. Used to be required back in the day.

If SNEX_ARRAY$() is a string array, as may be supposed, the statement
If SNEX_ARRAY$(EXE_AMOUNT) < 0 Then
would certainly throw up a Type mismatch error.
Is that what you get?

Actually if the variable contains a numeric value then the code will work just fine in VB6. if the string contains -1 then it will be true if it contains 1 then it will be false. If the string contains a non numeric value it will trigger a type mismatch error but since the poster did not tell us what it is doing there is not much way to say what the problem is other than to point out that you should use numeric variables for numeric operations even though you can sometimes get away with string variables.