AHK has problem distinguishing hex numbers Topic is solved

[serg]

Hi folks,

I ran into some mysterious thing in AHK: when comparing 2 different hex numbers, ahk treats them as equal:

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q1 := "0xffffffffe90e1fe2"
q2 := "0xffffffff8fb50aba"
if (q1 = q2)
 msgbox, Equal

I got these numbers from Winexist() after creating 2 GUI's.
Any thoughts on what it means and how to deal with it?

[Nextron]

First of, your q1 and q2 are stored as strings.

However, it looks like the comparison works by comparing them as numbers, which overflow an Int64, resulting in two identical numbers (replace the most significant f to 0 to prevent the overflow and your code works as expected). To force the comparison as strings, concatenate a space to it like: if (q1 " " = q2 " ").

[serg]

@Nextron

Appreciate!