It seems as long as all characters in the string can be numerical values, they are treated as such. Space is treated as whitespace or empty. My guess for «6» + «6» to return 12 was right.
Tore Nilsen ------- This mail contains no viruses or bacteria as it is electronically produced and untouched by human hands. Once printed it may or may not contain various microorganisms that can cause diseases. Print and hand out at own risk. Unsolicited distribution of this mail is prohibited. > 06. sep. 2018 kl. 18:02 skrev Tore Nilsen via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I think this is because the dot is also the decimal sign. Therefore it > interprets the strings as numerical values. And = and is are synonyms. > I guess if you write something like put «6» + «6» you will get 12 as the > result. > > Best regards > Tore Nilsen > > ------- > This mail contains no viruses or bacteria as it is electronically produced > and untouched by human hands. Once printed it may or may not contain various > microorganisms that can cause diseases. Print and hand out at own risk. > Unsolicited distribution of this mail is prohibited. > > > > > > > >> 06. sep. 2018 kl. 17:57 skrev Mike Kerner via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> If I put anything else in place of the dot, I get a fail, but with the dot, >> i get true >> >> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:55 AM Tore Nilsen via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> It seems to only compare the integer part of the statements. If you >>> substitute the integer with a letter, then it reports false. But still >>> strange as the quotation marks should indicates that this is a string. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Tore Nilsen >>> >>> ------- >>> This mail contains no viruses or bacteria as it is electronically produced >>> and untouched by human hands. Once printed it may or may not contain >>> various microorganisms that can cause diseases. Print and hand out at own >>> risk. Unsolicited distribution of this mail is prohibited. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> 06. sep. 2018 kl. 17:46 skrev Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>> >>>> Did anyone know that "6. " is equal to "6."??? >>>> >>>> THAT is disturbing! So now we have to check the length of a string as >>> well to make sure there is an exact match??? >>>> >>>> Bob S >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> -- >> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth >> On the second day, God created the oceans. >> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, >> and did a little diving. >> And God said, "This is good." >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
