String Compare “Logic”

Question

Can anybody please tell me why the string comparisons below deliver these results?

>>\"1040\"<=\"12000\"  
True  
>> \"1040\"<=\"1         


        

Answer 1

how about making them the same length?

That would unify numbers and alphas

1040 becomes 01040

01040 < 12000 now it makes sense

maybe that is why he felt it was wrong to compare strings of different length when the strings are numbers they should be the same length