Find numeric ? Help needed !

Ralph R. Forehand ralf at dol.net
Thu Jun 2 10:38:28 EDT 2005


Could you provide a sampling (15 or so) of the numbers that work and the numbers that don't work?

Ralph
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>I have an apparent inconsistency with at handler using FIND. The
>searched are 10- digit numbers (daysecond) stored in  a specific  field 
>"daysecond" in a parallel substack, I search them with a global variable
>("dato"), and for some numbers it works OK, but other numbers it fails.
>
>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 ?
>There most certainly must be a rather simple way to make it 100% sure,
>that the handler will locate and open the 
>card, where that number is  in that field. Maybe something like  go
>stack X, find card where field "daysecond"=dato ?
>
>Anybody here having THE SOLUTION ?
>
>Kresten Bjerg
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