Check For Initial Value inside a Mail Step

[Ali Husain]

Hello Rick,

Actually my problem was that i forgot to include the & around the variable. Was trying to save time and typed it out without it. Now it's working fine.

Thanks.


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> From: Ali Husain <mr_mago40 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Check For Initial Value inside a Mail Step
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> Hello All,
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> I have a mail step embedded in an activity task. Inside the message body i have a variable of type char01 and i want to check if it's initial. I switched to the SAPscript editor and entered /: in front of the IF condition. It always take the else part and not the initial one even though the variable is initial. I've tried many different things like: 
> if var = ' '.
> if var EQ ' '.
> if var = SPACE.
> IF var EQ SPACE.
> 
> None of those worked and it always take the else part. Also, i couldn't use IS INITIAL as it threw an error when i did that. I want to check if it doesn't have a value and not if it has a value.
> 
> Any idea how would i check if the variable is initial inside the message body?
> 
> Thanks a lot for the help.
> Ali
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> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:23:49 +1100
> From: Rick Bakker <rbakker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Check For Initial Value inside a Mail Step
> To: "SAP Workflow Users' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
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> Hello,
> 
> Try:
> /: IF &VAR& = ' '
> (there is a single space between the quotes)
> 
> regards
> Rick Bakker
> hanabi technology
> 
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Ali Husain <mr_mago40 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a mail step embedded in an activity task. Inside the message body i
> > have a variable of type char01 and i want to check if it's initial. I
> > switched to the SAPscript editor and entered /: in front of the IF
> > condition. It always take the else part and not the initial one even though
> > the variable is initial. I've tried many different things like:
> > if var = ' '.
> > if var EQ ' '.
> > if var = SPACE.
> > IF var EQ SPACE.
> >
> > None of those worked and it always take the else part. Also, i couldn't use
> > IS INITIAL as it threw an error when i did that. I want to check if it
> > doesn't have a value and not if it has a value.
> >
> > Any idea how would i check if the variable is initial inside the message
> > body?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the help.
> > Ali
> >
> >
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