[thelist] Classic ASP: Someone else's code

[Chris at globet.com]

Casey

> 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?

My take on this is as follows:

If Contact_First_x is a string consisting only of spaces, then it will
not be equal to "", so the Trim(string) function is used. A zero length
string is appended to Trim(Contact_First_x) to handle Null values. The
same is done for Contact_Last_x.

A value of True is returned from the boolean expression if:
Contact_First_x is not Null, Contact_First_x does not contain only
spaces, Contact_First_x is not a zero length string AND Contact_Last_x
is not Null, Contact_Last_x does not contain only spaces, Contact_Last_x
is not a zero length string.

In other words, input is required for both fields that have their values
applied to these variables.

HTH

Chris Marsh
Web Developer
http://www.globet.com/
Tel: +44 20 8246 4804 Ext 828
Fax: +44 20 8246 4808

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