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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is an easy mistake to make and one I
make often as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The “if” construct expects a
valid MX command which in this case should be “test”. Thus
{(wikish if ${#word} –gt 10…)} should be {(wikish if test ${#word} –gt
10…)}.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Peter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> adam overton
[mailto:a@plus1plus1plus.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:46
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pmwiki-users<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Peter & Melodye Bowers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> WikiSh - check string
length</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>and one more WikiSh
question while we're at it:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>and again, i'm not
understanding why this won't work - i want to check the length of a string, and
if it's too long, i'd like to print something different out... this is what i
had hoped would work:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>{(set -s word = "blammo")}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>result: {(wikish if ${#word} -gt 10; then; echo "string too
big"; else; echo "string just right"; fi)}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>however, the result i
get is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>result = {#word} -gt 10)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><font size=1 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>string too big<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>any ideas on how i can
get the string length to be treated like a number and then successfully pushed
thru the if statement?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>adam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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