type mismatch in a simple array code?

[jfdabiri]

hi,
i have this array and the following code:

dim hold_book_id(10)
j = 6
for i = 1 to j - 1 
    if hold_book_id(i) = hold_book_id(i+1) then 
       hold_assign_end_date (I) = hold_assign_beg_date (I+1)
    end if 
next

i'm getting a type mismatch error on the if statement.
any ideas?
thanks.

 

[tsuji]

It is related to hold_assign_end_date? period.

 

[jfdabiri]

no, it's related to

if hold_book_id(i) = hold_book_id(i+1) then....


it errors out even when i take out hold_assign_end_date
when i try the same code in vbscript .vbs, it works, but when i put it in .asp, it errors out.

 

[jfdabiri]

it even errors out when i try this:

if hold_book_id (1) = hold_book_id (2) then
response.write "two items are equal"
end if

 

[tsuji]

I have to be making more effort to become a better believer on supernatural.

 

[jfdabiri]

i didn't get that supernatural part. lol.

 

[PHV]

How is the hold_book_id array populated ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[tsuji]

They posted this.Quote.

dim hold_book_id(10)
j = 6
for i = 1 to j - 1
if hold_book_id(i) = hold_book_id(i+1) then

Unquote.

There is no problem of comparing "uninitiated" in-range array elements which is Empty (a keyword). It is Empty=Empty and will be evaluated to true. (Different behaviour for null.) If there are actually initializations taken place between the dim and the if, why do they spare that part in the post? (In any case, that is bad judgement.)

As to vbs and asp..., that is pure imagination and not to the point.