I would have thought 5=005 would evaluate as true and "5"="005" would evaluate as false.
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net Office: 518-636-3998 ex:11 Cell: 518-636-3998 <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "J. Landman Gay" <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> </div><div>Date:09/03/2015 00:42 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: Compare numeric strings with leading zeros </div><div> </div>On 9/2/2015 11:16 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > I was hoping that there was a way to coerce "005" into a string of 3 chars. Adding specific quotes around it does that. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ 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