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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting While-read and if-elif Post 302700225 by pamu on Thursday 13th of September 2012 06:30:46 AM
Old 09-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
@pamu: I think this would be the most striking example:
Code:
$ [[ 21 > 3 ]] && echo gt || echo lt
lt
$ [[ 21 -gt 3 ]] && echo gt || echo lt
gt

21 interpreted as a string compares less than 3, while as an integer, it compares greater. This is valid for bash; maybe someone can comment on other shells.
That's good one.. it clears useless use of < and > while numeric comparison.. removed from numeric comparison...Smilie

As explained in my previous post < and > signs treats as string so they compare each digit by digit. such as..

Code:
$ [[ 211 > 12 ]] && echo gt || echo lt        # Here it compares 2 with 1 so 2 is greater than 1 as per sort pattern so gt.
gt

$ [[ 211 > 32 ]] && echo gt || echo lt         #Here it compares 2 with 3 so 3 is greater than 2 as per sort pattern so lt.
lt

Thanks Rudic...

Last edited by pamu; 09-13-2012 at 07:45 AM..
 

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SUBSTR_COMPARE(3)							 1							 SUBSTR_COMPARE(3)

substr_compare - Binary safe comparison of two strings from an offset, up to length characters

SYNOPSIS
int substr_compare (string $main_str, string $str, int $offset, [int $length], [bool $case_insensitivity = false]) DESCRIPTION
substr_compare(3) compares $main_str from position $offset with $str up to $length characters. PARAMETERS
o $main_str - The main string being compared. o $str - The secondary string being compared. o $offset - The start position for the comparison. If negative, it starts counting from the end of the string. o $length - The length of the comparison. The default value is the largest of the length of the $str compared to the length of $main_str less the $offset. o $case_insensitivity - If $case_insensitivity is TRUE, comparison is case insensitive. RETURN VALUES
Returns < 0 if $main_str from position $offset is less than $str, > 0 if it is greater than $str, and 0 if they are equal. If $offset is equal to or greater than the length of $main_str, or the $length is set and is less than 1 (prior to PHP 5.6), substr_compare(3) prints a warning and returns FALSE. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 5.6.0 | | | | | | | $length may now be 0. | | | | | 5.1.0 | | | | | | | Added the possibility to use a negative $offset. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 A substr_compare(3) example <?php echo substr_compare("abcde", "bc", 1, 2); // 0 echo substr_compare("abcde", "de", -2, 2); // 0 echo substr_compare("abcde", "bcg", 1, 2); // 0 echo substr_compare("abcde", "BC", 1, 2, true); // 0 echo substr_compare("abcde", "bc", 1, 3); // 1 echo substr_compare("abcde", "cd", 1, 2); // -1 echo substr_compare("abcde", "abc", 5, 1); // warning ?> SEE ALSO
strncmp(3). PHP Documentation Group SUBSTR_COMPARE(3)
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