Re: When is "z" != "z" ?

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At 4:53 PM -0400 6/4/06, Robert Cummings wrote:
>On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 16:45, tedd wrote:
>
> > -- not continue past "aaa"? Clearly, if "aaa" is less than "z" then why does the loop stop at "yz"?
>
>Because right after 'yz' there is 'zz' and 'z' is neither less than nor
>equal to 'zz'.

and

At 4:37 PM -0500 6/4/06, Larry Garfield wrote:
>On Sunday 04 June 2006 15:04, tedd wrote:
>> Likewise "a" is DEC 97 (0110 0001) and "z" is DEC 122 (0111 1010) and if I
>> compare "a" to "z" , it will always be less by numeric definition.
>
>In C or C++, yes.  In PHP, do not assume the same string->number mapping. 
Numeric definition is irrelevant.

It's a sign of genius to make the complicated simple. Learning new things about php every day.

Thank you both.

tedd

PS: Great language. -- thanks Lerdorf.
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