Confusion over complex operators: <= >=

[Jerry Thomas]

I am confused by the behavior of complex operators in a While loop.
The behavior of = is not obvious.

According to Online Help, these are valid.
http://www.mjtnet.com/OnlineHelp/index. ... rators.htm

Examples:
//Works as expected, loops through 2 times and then moves on
Let>X=3
Let>Y=1
While>X>Y
Let>Y=Y+1
EndWhile


//Skips over the loop even though X is initially less than Y
Let>X=3
Let>Y=1
While>X>=Y
Let>Y=Y+1
EndWhile


//Runs forever, even though Y gets incremented to greater than X
Let>X=3
Let>Y=1
While>YY=Y+1
EndWhile

Can someone explain this to a newb?

[Marcus Tettmar]

Hmmmn. Must be a bug. >= and <= should be supported, but it doesn't look like they are working properly in While. I've added this to the work list.

[Dick99999]

The same help file mentions:
"...in Macro Scheduler all complex functions should be contained within curly braces ("{" and "}"). "

So X>=Y
should be something like {%X%>=%Y%}

Furthermore:
"Complex expressions are supported in Macro Scheduler's IF statements and LET statement, and since version 9.0 can now also be included within all other commands and function calls in the place of regular variables."

However, it has been mentioned that while does not seem to accept complex expressions, see http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=28133

So please add the whole while statement to the list of work to be done.

[Marcus Tettmar]

We'll get it sorted.