Re: bin/53507: awk doesn't properly compare "numeric strings"

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

> > -4: awk 'BEGIN { max="80" ; for (i=0; i<max; i++) {print i}; exit}' | wc -l
>       9
> hm, why 9? Maybe counts 0 to 8?

The string "8" is less than "80"

> > -5: awk 'BEGIN { max="90" ; for (i=0; i<max; i++) {print i}; exit}' | wc -l
>      90
> And now? 90 is ok - or not?
>
> Seems that 1-8 are "special" and 9 is handled as expectet?

And, since "9" is less than "90" it will increment i and continue until
we compare "90" vs "90"


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