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Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1)

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1)
Date 2015-10-17 14:37 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <877fmlpqdm.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink)
References <08642bl9537lanf90ghcng1hefvuejcl20@4ax.com> <87io65pzlw.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <4114734.0R2ZEXP6cX@PointedEars.de>

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:

> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> joe <mt@invalid.com> writes:
<snip>
>>>             var ii=apu2.length;
>>>             for (i=0;i<ii;i++)
>>>                {
>>>                allte=apu2[i].substring(0,4);
>>>                if (allte=="TTY")
>> 
>> There's a big clue here.  How can a 4 character string ever equal "TTY"?
>
> When it is only three characters long: "TTY".substring(0, 4) == "TTY".

Thou wouldst make a good fool[1].

> That was easy.

What was?  It's certainly not an answer to my (rhetorical) question.

[1] FOOL    The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty
            reason.
    LEAR    Because they are not eight?
    FOOL    Yes indeed. Thou wouldst make a good fool.

-- 
Ben.

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string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) joe <mt@invalid.com> - 2015-10-17 13:00 +0300
  Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-17 11:18 +0100
    Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) joe <mt@invalid.com> - 2015-10-17 13:57 +0300
    Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-17 14:59 +0200
      Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-17 14:37 +0100
        Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-17 16:11 +0200
  Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) "danca (Daniele Campagna)" <cyberdanny@tiscalinet.it> - 2015-10-17 12:21 +0200
  Re: string comparison fails? - Image1.jpg (0/1) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-10-17 12:28 +0200

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