archer@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (david archer) (02/04/91)
I am unable to make numerical comparisons in the awk programming language on our sgi 3.3 system. That is, tests like if (variable_a < 27.0) do not function correctly, but if (variable_a < " 27.0") which does a string comparison, works correctly. From my reading of the book, it seems as though the former should work; this would be preferable because it would eliminate the distinction between " 27.0", "00027", etc. Is this a bug or am I missing the point? thank you, David Archer (archer@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu)