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Guess 12-28-2007 07:30 PM
how to code a "less than" with strings
 
I have variables of the form

1.0.1a
1.0.2a
1.0.2b

how do I code a greater than or less than for this?

basic I need a

if var1 < "or equal to" var2, then
do stuff
fi

matthewg42 12-28-2007 08:04 PM
Do you have a particular language in mind? In Perl the lt operator will do what you want.

bigrigdriver 12-28-2007 10:03 PM
In bash,
Code:

 -lt (<)  less than
 -gt (>)  greater than
 -le (<=)  less than or equal to
 -ge (>=)  greater than or equal to
 -eq (==) equals
 -ne (!=)  not equal


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