Entering incorrect Case in Select statement

[jdelaney]

Select
 Case "test" = 0
  MsgBox ( 4096, "test", "should not appear" )
 Case Else
EndSelect

Any reasons why the msgbox would display in that scenario? 0 <> "test"...

[BrewManNH]

When comparing strings and numbers, strings are converted to numbers, if there are no actual digits in the string it converts to 0, so "test" does equal 0.

[trancexx]

@jdelaney, what number you would say "test" is?

[jdelaney]

Thanks, wrapping the vairable (which was = 0), with a string() fixed the problem:

Select
Case "test" = String (0)  
MsgBox ( 4096, "test", "should not appear" )
Case Else
EndSelect

Edited May 17, 2012 by jdelaney

[jdelaney]

I was thinking of it more as what string is a 0