Weird Problem???

#1 (**permalink**) 04-11-2003

I have a problem I don't understand... I am trying to declare a variable, and then output the results of that variable, couldn't be simpler

Code:

#!/bin/ksh

VAR='Oranges'
if [ ${VAR}='Lemons' ]
  then
  echo "Found Lemons"
elif [ ${VAR}='Oranges' ]
  then
  echo "Found Oranges"
fi

The output shouold clearly be "Found Oranges", but it outputs "Found Lemons", or whatever is first in the if statement, it's doing my head in, please somebody help!

added code tags for readability --oombera

edog · #2 (**permalink**) 04-11-2003

just add some space on each side of the = comparison:

#!/bin/ksh

VAR='Oranges'
if [ ${VAR} = 'Lemons' ]
then
echo "Found Lemons"
elif [ ${VAR} = 'Oranges' ]
then
echo "Found Oranges"
fi

Perderabo · #3 (**permalink**) 04-11-2003

edog is right, you need thoses spaces. For some insight to was happens without the spaces, see this post.

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