I had a thread a month or 2 ago (Compare numeric strings with leading zeros). I needed to make sure that 0123 <> 123 for password validation. There were many good suggestions but I finally wound up with:
function stringsAreEqual pString1, pString2 set the caseSensitive to true if (len(pString1) = len(pString2)) and (pString1 = pString2) then return true end if return false end stringsAreEqual Something built in would be better. If "0123" is exactly "123" then... would work for me Now, should "is exactly" respect the caseSensitive property? If not then "exactly" would mean just what is says "EXACTLY". But respecting the caseSensitive property would be more flexible. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net Phone: 518-636-3998 Ex:11 Cell: 518-796-9332 -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Canyon Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 2:48 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Forcing string comparisons, or When is "0" not 0? On 2015-10-14 22:19, Devin Asay wrote: > Shouldn’t there be a way to force a string comparison? I know LC tries > to be all helpful about casting numerals as numbers, but what if I > want to know if it’s the exact string? > I think you have come up with the best syntax right there. put 3 is "3" -- true put 3 is "3.0" -- true put 3 is 2.999999999999999 -- true put 3 is exactly "3" -- false put 3 is exactly "3.0" -- false put "3" is exactly "3" -- true put 3 is exactly 3 -- true put 3 is exactly 3.0 -- true put 3 is exactly 2.999999999999999 -- false _______________________________________________ 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
