1 and string = bug?

[ripdad]

I think the best thing to do is convert the entire "string" to a string.

$s = String($s)

And then run the statement from there with StringIsDigit and so on...

[ripdad]

I guess I still have a problem with this ...

It should not matter (Boolean wise) how the string is arranged. Why does the 2nd string fail? (for me it does)

$s = '1 String'
If $s = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,'1st','True');<---
Else
    MsgBox(0,'1st','False')
EndIf

; swap string
$s = 'String 1'
If $s = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,'2nd','True')
Else
    MsgBox(0,'2nd','False');<---
EndIf

[Mechaflash]

I guess I still have a problem with this ...

It should not matter (Boolean wise) how the string is arranged. Why does the 2nd string fail? (for me it does)

$s = '1 String'
If $s = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,'1st','True');<---
Else
    MsgBox(0,'1st','False')
EndIf

; swap string
$s = 'String 1'
If $s = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,'2nd','True')
Else
    MsgBox(0,'2nd','False');<---
EndIf

I retract my statement on the numbers appearing at the end of the string... I must've been smoking something good when I typed that up. It seems to only get the numbers prior to the alpha characters, and drops everything after it.

[BrewManNH]

As explained previously, when comparing a string to a number, the string is converted to a number. When converting a string to a number it will convert the string starting at the first character until it finds a character that isn't a number. So, a string containing "123456String78" will convert to 123456. In your second example it doesn't find any numbers before it finds a character that isn't a number (or a space), so it returns 0 which doesn't equal 1.

[ripdad]

BrewManNH,

That is the best explanation I've heard so far as to what the reactions are in a statement like that.

thanks

[water]

To verify how AutoIt converts a string to a number use function "Number":

ConsoleWrite(number("123456String78") & @LF)

displays 123456.

[BrewManNH]

In your second example it doesn't find any numbers before it finds a character that isn't a number (or a space)

I have to correct/expand upon one point in my statement above to avoid confusion. The spaces that are ignored are the ones that start off the string, not any that are contained within the string. Example, " 123456String789" is converted to 123456 because the leading spaces are ignored. " 1234 56String789" gets converted to 1234 because the space after the 4 ends the conversion.

[ripdad]

Thanks everyone -- I have an excellent grip on it now.