Find numeric ? Help needed !

Dennis Brown see3d at writeme.com
Thu Jun 2 16:45:42 EDT 2005


The only other thing to consider is that the number will be converted  
to a string which may suppress leading or trailing zeros in a number  
that can affect a string type search as opposed to a numerical  
comparison.

Dennis

On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:

> At 2:31 PM +0200 6/2/2005, Kresten Bjerg wrote:
>
>> 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 ?
>>
>
> Well, numbers are strings in Transcript - a number in a field is no  
> different from any other string - so there shouldn't be any problem  
> with numbers or any need for a special numeric mode. I agree with  
> the person who asked for an example of a search that is failing.
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