[Tutor] Quick Question on String Compare

[Sarma Tangirala]

Hi,

I had a quick question on how string compare works. If did '1001' <= '999'
I get true. I know how the string compare works but I was wondering why it
were so. Why doesn't the string length factor into the comparison? For
example, If I compared character-by-character but also found how different
the lengths are, I could avoid a wrong logical answer as in the example
above. Any thoughts?

Thanks

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