Going crazy! How do I compare 2 numbers? Please help!

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#1

Hi, I’m trying to compare 2 simple integers. 

http://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/start/introLua/index.html#relational-operators says 

“Numbers and strings are compared in the usual way.” - Sounds simple eh? 

I try the following where both numValue and are set to integer 1 : 

print(numValue) print(localExhibitorRevision) print(type(localExhibitorRevision)) print(type(numValue))     if numValue == localExhibitionRevision then         print("Bingo")     else         print("Nada")     end

Terminal tells me 

1

1

number

number

Nada

so I get confirmation that my values have not changed and they are both the same type but for some reason I don’t get the Bingo but I get Nada which tells me for some reason Corona thinks 1 is not equal to 1. 

I then change my relational operator to > to test if one variable is greater than the other one using : 

 if numValue > localExhibitionRevision then

and run the same code. I get the following in the terminal : 

1

1

number

number

Runtime error

…0_979kb60vx5cvv80000gn/T/TemporaryItems/158/main.lua:234: attempt to compare nil with number

stack traceback:

I’m about to go crazy. Anyone have an idea what I might be doing wrong? Thank you so much for your help. 

#2

Well, the ‘nil’ line comes from the fact that you’re calling it “Exhibitor” at the top and “Exhibition” at the bottom. :slight_smile:

#3

You know what? I read this piece of sh…err, code for so many hours I totally missed that. I must be going blind. I apologize for the collective forum time taken from all of you. Will delete this post to hide my shame. Thank you very much for your help.

#4

Don’t sweat it. Pretty sure I’ve had a dozen of these threads over the years :wink:

#5

Well, the ‘nil’ line comes from the fact that you’re calling it “Exhibitor” at the top and “Exhibition” at the bottom. :slight_smile:

#6

You know what? I read this piece of sh…err, code for so many hours I totally missed that. I must be going blind. I apologize for the collective forum time taken from all of you. Will delete this post to hide my shame. Thank you very much for your help.

#7

Don’t sweat it. Pretty sure I’ve had a dozen of these threads over the years :wink: