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if statement not working

• Posted by xxmyt at yahoo.com Mar 21, 2002
• 610 views

hello everyone. 

the code i pasted down works properly. however, it doesnt work in the 
second way.

my code:
include dos32lib.e
without warning

constant
    Win     = create( Window, "PASSWORD REQUIRED", 0, Default, Default, 
400, 200, 0 ),

    Sle1    = create( EditText, "", Win, 10, 40, 120, 20, 0 ),
    Button1 = create( PushButton, "OK", Win, 180, 40, 120, 20, 0 )


procedure onClick_Button1()

     if  equal(getText(Sle1),"YES") then
         closeWindow(Win)
     end if

end procedure

onClick[Button1] = routine_id("onClick_Button1")

WinMain( Win )

  but if i change the if statement this way, i get an error message:

     if  getText(Sle1) = "YES" then
         closeWindow(Win)
     end if

error message says, the result of the if statemnt should be an atom. 

so whats it all about?