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String Compare Problem
Question:
Why are these strings comparing as the same?
x = "000000000000E1"
y = "000000000000E2"
if x == y then message("Error Test", "Is this a bug?")
I am running WinBatch 2004a.
Answer:
They are being interpreted as floating point numbers in engineering notation.Both strings are being converted to floating point 0.0
Kinda the same as
x=0 y=00
or
x="0" y="0000"
Gotta watch out for strings that convert to valid numbers. The == method of comparing is incredibly friendly, but if your input smells like a number, it will do a numeric compare. Which, in some circumstances, is not what you want. If you have issues then try..
x="0000E1" y="00000000E2" If StrCmp(x, y) == 0 Then ...
Article ID: W16723
File Created: 2005:02:18:12:22:02
Last Updated: 2005:02:18:12:22:02