# $eql number problem

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 22, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114 "2008-01-22T01:28:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/1 "2008-01-22T01:28:26Z")

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Anyone know why

$if($eql(0,$num(0,2)),Y,N)

prints N, not Y?

A workaround is

$if($eql(0,$add(0,$num(0,2))),Y,N)

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### Author: ![anon40879270](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@anon40879270](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anon40879270)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/2 "2008-01-22T13:58:21Z")

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Anyone know why $if($eql(0,$num(0,2)),Y,N) prints N, not Y?  
$if($eql($num(0,2),$num(0,2)),Y,N) prints Y

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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/3 "2008-01-22T15:06:47Z")

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And $if($eql($num(0,1),$num(0,2)),Y,N) prints N.

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/4 "2008-01-22T16:15:01Z")

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0 and 00 is not the same string

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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/5 "2008-01-22T16:52:52Z")

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Sounds like a proper numeric compare is needed.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eql-number-problem/6114/6 "2026-02-09T12:20:44Z")

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