Can one assign a numerical value to a variable?

Question

Hi All,
Good afternoon,
I am currently working on a form that has strings as values in 2 different listboxes, and depending on what is selected a message pops up. Here is the script I wrote, but it does not seem to work right
var a=aKlaclistbox.raWvalue=="SSK";
var b=bZlaslistbox.raWvalue=="SGT";
a.value=1;
b.value=2;
if(a > b){
    xfa.host.messagebox("You cannot select a lower officer as the rating officer");
It does not work, and I am just wondering if there is any way I can get around it so that I can compare the values. I need help from anyone on this forum.
Thanks
v/r
Tammy

Answer 1

There's probably a better way of doing this, as, depending on how many ranks you have, it could get cumbersome. Like using an array or something like that but not sure how to accomplish that.
If there are a lot of ranks to compare I think I'd suggest reworking things so that you can use the numeric value of the list box, it will be much easier in the long run.
As I mentioned above, I don't think the following is valid code:
var a=aKlaclistbox.raWvalue=="SSK";
Nor is (unless dealing with global variables):
a.value=1;
I think you need to do something like the following (hopefully someone else around here might have a better idea!):
var a;
var b;
if (aKlaclistbox.rawValue == "SSK") {
     a = 1;
if (bZlaslistbox.rawValue == "SGT") {
     b = 2;
//You would need a series of else/if with the above to map the different rank values.
if (a > b) {
   xfa.host.messagebox("You cannot select a lower officer as the rating officer");