String to Integer cast issue, possible bug?

Hi all,

Paste the following code into a prim to see what I am referring to in this thread:

string testnum="9999";
default
{
state_entry()
{
if((integer)testnum < 10000)
{
llSay(0, "Test number is under 10,000";
}else{
llSay(0,"Test number is greater than or equal to 10,000";
}
}
}

This if/then block works fine with testnum = 9999 and 10,000 *but* if you make testnum a large number such as 234823872344 it will fail and say that it's below 10,000.

Any ideas as to why and how I can work around or fix this issue?

Many thanks

234823872344 is not a valid integer:

"an integer is a signed, 32-bit value with valid range from -2147483648 to 2147483647"

and directly impacting your problem:

"Beware, a integer variable assigned a value larger/smaller than the valid range is instead assigned a value of -1."

234823872344 = -1

Thanks for the reply, I assumed it was a problem with integer bounds but wasn't sure. Since integer wont work in this case for comparison sake (I cant do an IF to see if it's greater than that #), what would you suggest?

You could check the length of the string to see if it has more than 4 digits, then you would know if it was less than 10,000:

string testnum="9999";
default
{
state_entry()
{
if(llStringLength(testnum) < 5)
{
llSay(0, "Test number is under 10,000");
}else{
llSay(0,"Test number is greater than or equal to 10,000");
}
}
}

just remember to check for the presence of bad data, or possible variations
1.99999999999 <-- need to cut the string after the '.'
15lindens <-- need to discard invalid characters
0xFFFFF <-- too big for integer range, requires special processing (notice it's 5 'f's)

I suppose I could also do the following:

if((integer)testnum < 10000 && (integer)testnum != -1)

that's great, unless they actually put in -1 =)