Compare numeric strings with leading zeros

[Ralph DiMola]

I would have thought 5=005 would evaluate as true and "5"="005" would evaluate as false. 


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> </div><div>Date:09/03/2015  00:42  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: Compare numeric strings with leading zeros </div><div>
</div>On 9/2/2015 11:16 PM, Ralph DiMola wrote:
> I was hoping that there was a way to coerce "005" into a string of 3 chars.

Adding specific quotes around it does that.

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