I am having a problem getting the answer that I expect when comparing seven to ten in a conditional expression. Seven greater than ten should be false. That is not what I am getting. In addition to that, I get different answers when I run the code in 1.1.6 and 1.5.2 RC2.

My answer is 1 in 1.1.6 but a null value in 1.5.2 RC2,

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

$_Training1_Result = 7;
$_Training1_Result_Bounds = 0:
$_Training1_Result > 10 ? $_Training1_Result_Bounds = 1 :$_Training1_Result_Bounds ="L";
alert($_Training1_Result_Bounds, "bounds >10", "EXCLAIM");

Keep in mind that "<", ">", ... do perform string comparisons by default.

7 > 10 is true because the alphabetic order of 7 and 10 is: 10, 7

Try this:

$_Training1_Result_Bounds = +10 < $_Training1_Result ? 1 : "L";

(The first operand determines the type of the operation.)

Note in this line code you are using ":" instead ";":

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JamesD
$_Training1_Result_Bounds = 0:

Instead I think that you like this:

$_Training1_Result_Bounds = 0;

This work fine in 1.5.0 and 1.5.2RC, result is "L".

In 1.1.X the result is "1" because this values ever are considered like strings.
(As kko said in his before post)

In 1.5.X we can indicate to force string value with double quotes without it value is considered integer.

K-Meleon in Spanish



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/20/2008 01:34PM by desga2.

Thanks kko and desga2

New macro system for 1.5 versions differs from that for 1.1 versions in that new system can compare integers or strings while the old system can compare only strings. Good information to know.

In writing a new macro, should I care about ability to get same answers on 1.1 versions or only write for 1.5 versions?

Is your macro you do as you want, but if you like write for both version remember this post mine about how to check the K-Meleon version.

K-Meleon in Spanish

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JamesD
New macro system for 1.5 versions differs from that for 1.1 versions in that new system can compare integers or strings while the old system can compare only strings.

I haven't said that. There is no difference between 1.1 and 1.5 in this regard.

@ desga2

Thanks. Seems like every day I learn something new. I will check out the vendor sub. I am sure I will need it in the new project. The macro language changes over versions and now I will be able to adjust for the user's version.

@ kko

Sorry, I stand corrected.