Why do integers in PowerShell compare by digits?

Question

My code tells you whether your guessed number is higher or lower than a randomly generated number, but it seems to only compare the first digits of the number when one of th

Answer 1

This is because you're comparing a string to an integer. The order matters.

"56" -lt 7

Is actually the same as:

"56" -lt "7"

Alternatively:

56 -lt "7"

would give you the correct result. PowerShell tries to coerce the right side argument to the type of the left side.

You might try an explicit cast:

[int]$Input -lt $GeneratedNum