Diffrence betwn '='and'==' in webMethods

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Hi Frens,

Im new to webMethods and i have a slight doubt regarding diffrence betwn = and == .I wish to use it under the Properties Panel in the Label Property.
Please guide

Regards
Mayank

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Hi Mayank

There is no difference between = and == operators for the verifying the value of the variable in the label property. You can use any of it.

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Thanks Jeevan for your valuable suggetion.
Can u plz suggest which is considered as best practise, using = or == ?

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Hi Mayank

Precdence is same for both the operators, we can use any one. If I mentioned any thing wrong , Please suggest it.

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I tend to use ‘==’ when testing for equality simply because it’s the equality operator in Java, which many are used to.

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Thank you Reamon

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Both the operators work same way, but most preferably use “==”

HTH,
RMG

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Thanks Jeevan

Well the answer you posted was indeed correct .
If i come across any more suggestions i would definetly share.

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Hi manik,

There is a difference b/w = and ==
= means asignement operator.It wont evaluate condition.
== Is used for comparision.This one u can use for evaluate condition.

Ex:
x=5 which means, u r assinging 5 to the variable x.( u decided x value initially)
x== 5 which means ,u r cheking weater the input value is 5 or not.If it is 5 then only contol come into that block

Thanks&Regards
Ashok Kodali

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Hi Ashok,

Example you have provided is not a correct one .just check out in Developer once. You can use both the operators for verfiying the condition. Reamon and RMG has suggested to use === operator for best practice .

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Thanks for your reply Ashok
But the answer u have posted is not true in case of webMethods.
As Jeevan suggested plz check out once yourself the same in the webMethods.
Do let us know your key findings

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ashok1.niit

what ashok said is not correct … dont treat webMethods as programming language…its not like (java)

ashok please do some practice before posting

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At the risk of starting a long debate…

“webMethods” is an umbrella product name that covers many products from Software AG. Integration Server (run-time) and Developer (solution development tool) are 2 of them and are what is being discussed here.

The FLOW language, used to create FLOW services, supports relational operators in the labels of steps/blocks under a BRANCH statement in which the evaluate labels setting is true. In this case, = and == are evaluated in the same way–a test for equality. No assignment operator is supported.

For Java services, obviously Java syntax applies and = is the assignment operator and == is a test for equality.

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Thanks Reamon for your answer…
I believe that will clear the doubt.