Agreed + 1. Although the "x"&MyPassword or checking the length will work it seems that matchText is a lot cleaner and easier to read in the future.
Thank All! Thanks Thierry... matchText it is! Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 3:20 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Compare numeric strings with leading zeros On 9/3/2015 2:28 AM, Thierry Douez wrote: > You can use build-in functions which manipulate strings. > > Please, try this one: > > on mouseUp > local userTyping = 5 > local myVeryStrongPassword = "005" > if matchText( userTyping, myVeryStrongPassword) then > answer "Great!" > else > answer "Too bad :( try again.." > put "005" into userTyping > if matchText( userTyping, myVeryStrongPassword) then answer "Great!" > end if > end mouseUp Very clever. This would be my chosen solution. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
