> (If they are equal: then the 2nd chars, etc.)
Ah, that was the helpful piece of information I required. I didn’t realize it
worked through the string one ASCII character at a time (with neither side
being a “number” anymore.)
(With the exception of upper and lower case characters having
Scott:
> So you are saying that if the first char of the string is a number
No! There is no number.
Don't think about numbers. :)
Both sides are text in your comparison.
> it uses the ascii value of the first char?
Always! Because both sides are text.
Two text strings. No numbers.
LC
Hello Curry,
I’m still puzzled. So you are saying that if the first char of the string is a
number then it uses the number but if the first char is not a number then it
uses the ascii value of the first char? It seems like there is more to it than
that. Obviously we wouldn’t expect“9foo”
Scott:
> I’m still a little unclear about exactly what is going on here.
Because you are NOT comparing numbers.
You are comparing (like sorting) text.
That usually means: the FIRST CHAR of each string.
(The ASCII/ANSI/etc values of those chars.)
> put “7.foo” < 9 -- returns “true”
Because
I’m still a little unclear about exactly what is going on here.
put “foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “foo” > 9 -- returns “true”
put “9foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “9foo” > 9 -- returns “true”
put “9.foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “7.foo” < 9 -- returns “true”
put “77.foo” < 9 -- returns
> I?ve encountered a problem with the third-party LiveCode product
> chartsEngine now reporting that LiveCode < version 10.0.0 (dp 1) > is not
a
> high enough version number. (AnimationEngine was reporting a similar error
> which I was able to fix since the scripts are open.) ChartsEngine is,
Scott:
> why "9.6.6-rc-1” evaluates as not less than 5
> but "10.0.0-dp-1” evaluates to less than 5.
That's the tricky thing about dotted versions;
easy to forget and set up a text comparison:
"9" > "5"
"1" < "5"
Once you have two dots, or an rc/dp, it's a string.
They seem to compare
I mistyped Björnke’s name; it is “Björnke von Gierke"
> On Dec 28, 2021, at 2:27 AM, scott--- via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
>
> I’ve encountered a problem with the third-party LiveCode product chartsEngine
> now reporting that LiveCode < version 10.0.0 (dp 1) > is not a high enough
> version
