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RE: compare() and equal()

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Apr 08, 2001
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Hi Kat,
I just did this ...

? compare({1,2,{3,{4}},5}, {2-1,1+1,{3,{4}},6-1})
? equal({1,2,{3,{4}},5}, {2-1,1+1,{3,{4}},6-1})

...
and I got displayed ...

0
1

which is exactly what I'd expect. There was no error message or the like.

> Also, if equal() is true, it returns boolean true, but if
> compare() is true, it returns
> boolean false.
>

But compare() can *never* be true as it does not return a true/false
indicator. It isn't meant to. It just tells if parameter#1 is less than,
equal to, or greater than parameter#2. And this is not a boolean thing.

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cheers,
Derek Parnell