The only other thing to consider is that the number will be converted to a string which may suppress leading or trailing zeros in a number that can affect a string type search as opposed to a numerical comparison.

Dennis

On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:

At 2:31 PM +0200 6/2/2005, Kresten Bjerg wrote:

I have tried find, find string, find case-sensitive but the same errors
- and the same successes ( app. 50%) -persist.  All documentation on
find refers to text, nowhere do I find reference to digits/ numbers. I
know that SORT has a numeric mode, but why is there no FIND numeric ?


Well, numbers are strings in Transcript - a number in a field is no different from any other string - so there shouldn't be any problem with numbers or any need for a special numeric mode. I agree with the person who asked for an example of a search that is failing.
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