Vista - CTP2 comparison operators

In the following code, a comparison against a random number by an integer
yields an incorrect result. If the random number is 500, entering a 4 yields
a correct result, but entering a 6 yields IF(6 -gt 500) as TRUE.


$Random=Get-Random -min 1 -max 1000
$Guess=0
While ($Guess -ne $Random)
{
$Guess=Read-Host "Please enter your guess (Enter ZERO to quit)"
$Guess
$Random
if ($Guess -eq 0) {Write-host "Buh-Bye";Break}
If ($Guess -lt $Random) {Write-Host -foregroundcolor RED "Too LOW!!!"}
If ($Guess -gt $Random) {Write-Host -foregroundcolor RED "Too HIGH!!!"}
If ($Guess -eq $Random) {Write-host -foregroundcolor RED "You Got
it!!!";Break}
}

Did I do something wrong or is there a bug somewhere?

I think the problem is with read-host it returns the number yoiu type as a
string. $guess is a string rather than an integer so you are comaring a
string to an integer which is where the odd behaviour comes from. Change
your script to

$Random=Get-Random -min 1 -max 1000
$Guess=0
While ($Guess -ne $Random)
{
[int]$Guess=Read-Host "Please enter your guess (Enter ZERO to quit)"
$Guess
$Random
if ($Guess -eq 0) {Write-host "Buh-Bye";Break}
If ($Guess -lt $Random) {Write-Host -foregroundcolor RED "Too LOW!!!"}
If ($Guess -gt $Random) {Write-Host -foregroundcolor RED "Too HIGH!!!"}
If ($Guess -eq $Random) {Write-host -foregroundcolor RED "You Got
it!!!";Break}
}

and it should work. You could also change the if statements to a switch for
maximum efficiency

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"Steve" wrote:

"RichS [MVP]" <RichSMVP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:13303330-2522-4438-A913-06447A3B5E93@xxxxxxI thought it was something like that. Thanks much!