How does SF6 interpret strings and numbers?

[Corey]

Re: How does SF6 interpret strings and numbers?

You have the GOTO *inside* of the IF loop which tests that value to see if it's less than 7. So it won't GOTO if the value is >= 7 because the IF statement tests to 'false'.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[rise4peace]

Hello,

I am pulling the currentVersion registry value for the netscape browser and storing it as a variable. The value returned is "7.01 (en)".

I then use the Left String function to grab the first string of this variable which is "7".

I now check this value using the following code:

IF (%stringResult% < "7")
IF (%YesNoResult% <> "YES")
Execute (%SrcDir%\installers\NSSetup8.exe)
END IF
GOTO Label(FINISH_BROWSER_CHECKING)
END IF


The problem is that when SF6 evaluates the first IF statement AND the %stringResult% >= "7", it never executes the GOTO Label(FINISH_BROWSER_CHECKING) statement.

Why? Does SF6 interpret strings and numbers the same way? If there a way to convert a string to a number so instead of "7" it is just 7?

thanks,

rise4peace