Paul, Because in the last line you're writing tExpectedSouceName instead of tExpectedSourceName. An "r" is missing.
-- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com We have time for new software development projects. Contact me for a quote. On 27 nov 2012, at 21:07, Paul Dupuis wrote: > Using LC 5.0.2, I have a really weird string comparison error occurring. > > The following code: > put length(tActualSourceName),length(tExpectedSourceName)&cr after msg > repeat with i=1 to the number of characters in tActualSourceName > if char i of tActualSourceName is not char i of > tExpectedSourceName then > put i,char i of tActualSourceName,"<>",char i of > tExpectedSourceName&cr after msg > else > put i,char i of tActualSourceName,"==",char i of > tExpectedSourceName&cr after msg > end if > end repeat > put (tActualSourceName = tExpectedSouceName) after msg > > Produces the following message window output: > 13,13 > 1,l,==,l > 2,a,==,a > 3,t,==,t > 4,i,==,i > 5,n,==,n > 6,t,==,t > 7,e,==,e > 8,x,==,x > 9,t,==,t > 10,.,==,. > 11,r,==,r > 12,t,==,t > 13,f,==,f > false > > So, if the strings are the same length and every character tests equal, > then how come the strings do not equal one another??? Anybody have any > idea??? > And, yes, I did try "is" insread of "=" and "<>" instead of "is not" and > since the operators should be interchangeable, it made no difference. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
