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why i canno check my variable is empty or not?

jloh81 (Programmer)
25 Jul 10 22:59
hi,

i want to check whether the x is a empty list, if not empty list i want perform some function, below is the code.

The function that i want to perform is: I have 2 list, and i want to check whether this 2 list have the same element or not? if not the same, get the extra element.

foreach i $io {
if { $x == ""} {
continue
} elseif { $x != ""} {
if {[lsearch -exact $x $i] == -1} {
lappend y $i
}else {
set x $io
}

please advice.
Thanks
jloh81 (Programmer)
26 Jul 10 2:34
hi,

I found a command :

compare-list lista # listb list c

why i cannot use it like that? What is the correct way to use this command?

Please advice asap!
THanks
Bong (Programmer)
26 Jul 10 12:10
I never heard of list compare command

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