problem comparing character strings

[elainethale]

I have the variable:
character*50 :: TableType

From the debugger, I can see that

TableType == 'SYSTEM TABLE ',

However, in an if-statement the relation
(TableType /= 'SYSTEM TABLE')
returns .TRUE. as does
(TRIM(TableType) /= 'SYSTEM TABLE')

But, if I declare another variable variable
character*12 :: temp
and set
temp = TRIM(TableType)
and then execute the if-statement with
(temp /= 'SYSTEM TABLE')
it returns .FALSE. as expected...

Does anyone have any ideas as to why using the variable temp works, but directly comparing does not? The manual leads me to believe that the trailing blanks shouldn't be a problem...

Thank you,
Elaine Hale

[elainethale]

There is a typo in the original message -- TableType is equal to 'SYSTEM TABLE'//38 Blanks.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

My guess is that there are non-blanks in the "trailing" space - possibly NULs. What does LEN_TRIM give you?

Steve

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

Tip: you can see exact contents of a string variable by typing variable name in "Memory" Debugger window.

Jugoslav