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xApt
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Jun 28, 2017

What is the best operator to use when comparing numbers?

Hi all, I was wondering whether the TCL language treats everything as a string and choosing the fastest (least load on the CPU, if it needs to do conversions) and most correct operator. for example: ...
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Morten_Marstran
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Jun 28, 2017

Hi,

 

You are correct in regards to TCL having one data type (string).

 

This can be converted into an integer on the fly, with the operator '=='

 

If you don't need to do numerical operations, it is not recommended to do conversions.

 

Best Regards,

 

Morten