On Mon, Sep 4, 2017, at 11:04, Kurtis Rader wrote: > Beware `expr`s automatic coercion of strings to ints. If you do `expr '234 < > 1234' you'll > get false despite "234" being lexically greater than "1234". Which may be > what you want but > it's a potential gotcha if you really wanted a string, not int, comparison.
I think you made a mistake or typo there. You'll get true. But I see your point, and it's a good point. What about doing expr a$v1 '<' a$v2 to force them to be interpreted as strings? Any gotchas there? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
