filepro quirk

[Roger Cornelius]

On Thu Oct 28 11:35, Jeff Harrison wrote:
> --- Roger Cornelius <rac at custom-mobility.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> > It appears filepro is comparing only the first n
> > characters of the two
> > vars where n is the length of the shorter of the
> > two.
> > I believe I remember reading something about this,
> > possibly on this
> > list, long ago.  Can anyone explain this behavior to
> > me?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Roger Cornelius            rac at custom-mobility.com
> > 
> 
> Not much to explain.  You described it pretty
> accurately.  That is how filepro does comparisons.  It
> can be handy as long as you know what to expect.

Seems bizarre to me.  It's counter to any other language I've programmed
in and I'm surprised I've never noticed it before.  Now I'm wondering
where else the code I've written over the years is going to blow up.
Can you give me an example of when it can be handy?
-- 
Roger Cornelius            rac at custom-mobility.com