Could you set nFooo to a number (1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) for which of several
options you want to set Fooo to, then test nFooo (not Fooo)?

  Mark

Ernie Murphy wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set up some conditional compilation under Microchips' MPLAB.
> What I would like to do is SET a label to a text string, then later compare
> it to a list of values. Something like this:
>
> 1 FOO   SET     "HELLO" ; OPTIONAL STATEMENT TO CONTROL COMPILATION
> 2
> 3       IF      FOOO = "HELLO"
> 4       { DO SOMETHING}
> 5       ENDIF
>
> If I try the above, I get an error on lines 3 & 4 since I used more then 1
> character. Is there a way to use character strings like this?  TIA.