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[bigbyter]

This is probably obvious but

If this " 4 > 2 = True " is correct
and " 4 < 1 = False " is correct.

Then how can this be correct "Macmillan" < "Mc millan" = True

Thanks

 

[GhostWolf]

Ma" < "Mc

 

[Golom]

For Alpha-strings "Less Than" (<) means "occurs before in alphabetic order." As GhostWolf implies, "a" occurs before "c" ... therefore it is less than "c".

 

[bigbyter]

Ok I get it "I think" I was calculating the total value of both words from the ascii values and of course it still didnt work.
So just to clarify a bit more if the first two characters of the words were identical it would depend on the alphabetic order of the third character, I guess that may be an unlikely occurrance but is that the way it would work?.
Thanks to both of you I really appreciate the help

 

[GhostWolf]

Yep, I think that's the way it works. Not all that unlikely, though - dictionaries and phone books are good examples.

 

[bigbyter]

Thanks Again

 

[Sheco]

ASCII values are themselves in alphabetical order..

Asc("a") < Asc("c"

Just remember that it goes char by char rather than takeing the value of the entire string.

 

[LazyMe]

and that it's case sensitive........

Greetings,
Rick