[thelist] Classic ASP: Someone else's code

[Vlad Alexander (XStandard)]

Casey,

This technique of concatenating a variable with an empty string
is sometime used to convert Variant values String. It's equivalent
to doing this:

if trim(CStr(Contact_First_x)) <> "" _
AND trim(CStr(Contact_Last_x)) <> "" then

Regards,
-Vlad
http://xstandard.com


-------- Original Message --------
From: Casey
Date: 11/22/2005 12:47 PM
> What exactly is going on here:
> 
> if trim(Contact_First_x) & "" <> "" AND trim(Contact_Last_x) & "" <> "" then
> 
> In case it's not clear in the email:  "" <> ""  which is: double-quote 
> double-quote <> double-quote double-quote
> 
> I'm not at all understanding the logic of this statement.... anyone?
> 
> Casey 
>