Re: Question about DayOfWeek
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- Subject: [mg126218] Re: Question about DayOfWeek
- From: James Stein <mathgroup at stein.org>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:37:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Roughly speaking, "==" only compares things that are comparable.
In cases like these, use "===" which demands "sameness" on both sides.
I make this mistake often -- not a typo, but a thinko.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Kent Holing <KHO at statoil.com> wrote:
> DayOfWeek[{1975,1,1}]==Wednesday gives True (as it should), but DayOfWeek[{1975,1,1}]==Thursday gives
> Wednesday == Thursday and not False, as it should? Why is it so?
>
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- Question about DayOfWeek
- From: Kent Holing <KHO@statoil.com>
- Question about DayOfWeek