chartsEngine bug with version 10 of LC

[scott at elementarysoftware.com]

I’m still a little unclear about exactly what is going on here.

put “foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “foo” > 9 -- returns “true”

put “9foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “9foo” > 9 -- returns “true”

put “9.foo” < 9 -- returns “false”
put “7.foo” < 9 -- returns “true”
put “77.foo” < 9 -- returns “true”
put “9.foo” > 9 -- returns “true”
put “7.foo” > 9 -- returns “false”
put “77.foo” > 9 -- returns “false”

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> On Dec 28, 2021, at 9:27 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Scott:
> 
> > why "9.6.6-rc-1” evaluates as not less than 5
> > but "10.0.0-dp-1” evaluates to less than 5.
> 
> That's the tricky thing about dotted versions;
> easy to forget and set up a text comparison:
> 
> "9" > "5"
> "1" < "5"
> 
> Once you have two dots, or an rc/dp, it's a string.
> They seem to compare perfectly...until you pass 9.
> That's why I used integer versions for some libs.
> 
> "10.0.0" < "5"
> 
> (I should check my code too; thanks for this reminder!)
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Curry Kenworthy
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