String Comparison

[dianaManolito]

Hi !

I have a trouble with string comparison. Apparently, the following snippet returns : "yes"

if "-" < "1" then

MsgBox(1,"","yes")

ELSE

MsgBox(1,"","no")

EndIf

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The second snippet returns : "no"

if "-1" < "1" then

MsgBox(1,"","yes")

ELSE

MsgBox(1,"","no")

EndIf

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How is this possible if this is a string comparison. "-" (dash) has the ASCII code 45 and is smaller than the ASCII code for 1 (which is 49).

How is the sorting of strings performed? :::::

Compare the first letter=> if equal, go to next one. If the second letter is smaller(/greater), take the decision. Or is some other method used?

ex: The database "ORDER BY " clause seems to have this behavior.

Can you help me with this? How can i force the AUTOit to compare each character separately?

Thanks,

Manolito

[Shevilie]

Well you couls make your own sort function Split the string and compare as you descripe

[SmOke_N]

Strings are not numbers. They aren't converted to ASCII code values without you specifically telling them to do so. So your < or > attempt is not on the specific characters on the string but the actual "string" value itself.

Edited February 23, 2007 by SmOke_N

[dianaManolito]

Thanks Larry, your example is a common sense one , but i still don't like the following AUTOIT sorting :

-

1

-1

??