Thanks for all the replies. I also found the strcmp function which does a string compare.
Thanks, Lajos Quoting Jeffrey Brent McBeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:52:35PM -0700, Lajos Kamocsay wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to compare a string variable to a constant string > > in script fu using gimp 1.2.3, but I can't figure out how. > > IIRC, the function you are looking for is > > equal? > > A often made mistake in LISP/Scheme dialects is to assume that > =, eq, eqv, equal mean the same thing. > > = is comparing the objects and the object a and the object "hello" are > definitely not the same thing. > > equal? will step through the collection and test for equivalent objects (all > the characters are the same) > > Jeff > > > > > Here's what I tried in the console: > > > > => (set! a "hello") ; set a to "hello" > > "hello" > > > > => a ; check value of a > > "hello" > > > > => (= a "hello") ; check if a = "hello" > > () > > > > => (= a "nothello") ; check if a = "nothello" > > () > > > > Script-fu always returns () instead of a true value. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Lajos > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > > Gimp-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Computer Science is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes > -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
