curious "go to" behaviour

[Jacques Hausser]

>> Other scripts of this stack use card names in variables (including "KF
>> 0") without problems. It's not a question of life and death, but I'm
>> puzzled...
>>
>> Thank you for any hint!
>
> This is a wild guess.
>
> Array keys are strings.  The property numberFormat is applied to any
> result of arithmetic to make the key.  If you use the default
> numberFormat and keys are always the result of arithmetic, then the
> keys for numbers will be the same for any two values that are equal
> numerically.
>
> However, sometimes in loops the initial value is not the result of
> arithmetic.  If it is, say, "00" " 0" or "0.", then there might not be
> a match.
>
> This can apply to either the building of arrays or the creation of keys
> for later lookup.  You can check in the building of the array by
> dumping the keys.
>
> Dar Scott

Thanks, Dar

I checked it. No, in every case all my keys (and bc too) look like 
plain integers. But it could be useful to remember your suggestion in 
other circumstances!

Jacques

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