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Old 10-01-2004
Data i can't get my if statement to work, please help

I can't get this IF to work... I need to verify user input with the proper format and only options that could have been entered.

shell using is sh (Solaris 8) thank you.

code:
--------------------------------------------

procMonth=$1
correctValues="01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12"

temp2=""
temp3=""

for temp in $correctValues
do
if [[ "$procMonth" == "$temp" ]] then
temp2="not equal"
elif [[ "$procMonth" = "$temp" ]] then
temp3=$procMonth
else
fi
done

if [[ "temp3 == "" ]] then
procMonth=$temp3
else
procMonth=""
if



----- thank you.
# 2  
Old 10-01-2004
/usr/bin/sh on Solaris 8 is an antique shell that can't do that. Switch to ksh or /usr/xpg4/bin/sh.
# 3  
Old 10-03-2004
Solaris sh is *fine*, and all your shell scripts should be
written for stock sh.
Put your "then"s on a line by themselves:
if [ blah blah blah]
then
blah blah
else
blah blah
fi
Shell scripting is a very ugly hack of a language, and you
get nailed by weird formatting things like that occasionally.
Also, if $correctValues doesn't get parsed as seperate words,
try something like:
for f in `echo $correctValues`
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