integer and string compare, is that correct?

[Dan Bishop]

On Jan 10, 10:34 am, Nobody <nob... at nowhere.com> wrote:
> Hellmut Weber wrote:
> >> being a causal python user (who likes the language quite a lot)
> >> it took me a while to realize the following:
> >>  >>> max = '5'
> >>  >>> n = 5
> >>  >>> n >= max
> >> False
>
> >> Section 5.9 Comparison describes this.
>
> >> Can someone give me examples of use cases
> Peter Otten wrote:
> > The use cases for an order that works across types like int and str are weak
> > to non-existent. Implementing it was considered a mistake and has been fixed
> > in Python 3:
> >>>> 5 > "5"
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > TypeError: unorderable types: int() > str()
>
> If you actually need to perform comparisons across types, you can rely
> upon the fact that tuple comparisons are non-strict and use e.g.:
>
>         > a = 5
>         > b = '5'
>         > (type(a).__name__, a) < (type(b).__name__, b)
>         True
>         > (type(a).__name__, a) > (type(b).__name__, b)
>         False
>
> The second elements will only be compared if the first elements are equal
> (i.e. the values have the same type).

But this method gives you 3.0 < 2 because 'float' < 'int'.  Probably
not what you want.