- local n1 = tonumber(s1)
- local n2 = tonumber(s2)
-
- -- one numeric and other empty string then set other to 0
- if n1 and not n2 and (not s2 or #s2 == 0) then n2 = 0 end
- if n2 and not n1 and (not s1 or #s1 == 0) then n1 = 0 end
-
- local nc = (n1 and n2) -- numeric compare
-
- if nc then
- -- first "not equal" found return true
- if comp == "~=" and (n1 ~= n2) then return true end
- -- first "lower" found return true
- if (comp == "<" or comp == "<=") and (n1 < n2) then return true end
- -- first "greater" found return true
- if (comp == ">" or comp == ">=") and (n1 > n2) then return true end
- -- not equal then return false
- if (n1 ~= n2) then return false end
- else
- if comp == "~=" and (s1 ~= s2) then return true end
- if (comp == "<" or comp == "<=") and (s1 < s2) then return true end
- if (comp == ">" or comp == ">=") and (s1 > s2) then return true end
- if (s1 ~= s2) then return false end
- end
+
+ -- first "not equal" found return true
+ if comp == "~=" and (s1 ~= s2) then return true end
+ -- first "lower" found return true
+ if (comp == "<" or comp == "<=") and (s1 < s2) then return true end
+ -- first "greater" found return true
+ if (comp == ">" or comp == ">=") and (s1 > s2) then return true end
+ -- not equal then return false
+ if (s1 ~= s2) then return false end