Re: Don't compare zero exponentials in strings as equal

From: Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:03:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Don't compare zero exponentials in strings as equal
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On 04/03/2021 00:37, Ben Ramsey wrote:

On Mar 3, 2021, at 14:25, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com> wrote:

when both are strings then chances are that this is an error.


Except when comparing two values from sources known to provide numbers as strings, such as form input and database results. :-)



The juggling only makes a difference if the two sources provide different representations of the same number - "12345" is equal to "12345" whether you cast both sides to int or leave both as strings.

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Rowan Tommins
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