Weird Problem??? 2

[danhodges99]

I have a problem I don't understand... I am trying to declare a variable, and then output the results of that variable, couldn't be simpler
#!/bin/ksh

VAR='Oranges'
if [ ${VAR}='Lemons' ]
then
echo "Found Lemons"
elif [ ${VAR}='Oranges' ]
then
echo "Found Oranges"
fi

The output shouold clearly be "Found Oranges", but it outputs "Found Lemons", or whatever is first in the if statement, it's doing my head in, please somebody help!

 

[Chapter11]

if [ "${VAR}" = "Lemons" ]

I would use double quotes, be sure to quote around the ${VAR}, and space around the = sign.

 

[johngiggs]

danhodges99,

You're missing the spaces between the variable and the equals sign and the equals sign and the string.

#!/bin/ksh

VAR='Oranges'
if [ ${VAR} = 'Lemons' ]
then
echo "Found Lemons"
elif [ ${VAR} = 'Oranges' ]
then
echo "Found Oranges"
fi

John