.lt

Fortran string comparison with .LT.

Hello Group, I have to fix a bug in a very old and large financial system that uses Fortran, C and C++. I am primarily a C++ guy, have no idea abt Fortran! I have a problem understanding a Fortran statement which i think has caused a nasty bug in our systems.... if (instructions .lt. ' ') then instructions = ' ' endif instructio...