how do i compare what i have inputted in a text box to an interger?

my main goal is to compare the number of inputted characters to an amount i want.

I assume you are not using Cocoa?

What language, API, etc. are you using?

if Cocoa:
if([[textbox objectValue] intValue] == int)

If you want to compare the amount of characters entered though you will need to get the length of the string in the textbox with [[textbox ObjectValue] length]

if([[textbox stringValue] length] == int)

If you use kodex's code, you will need to make sure that you make the "O" in ObjectValue lowercase: [[textbox objectValue] length]

Hope this helps

BTW kodex: What is the difference between objectValue and stringValue? Is there an advantage to using objectValue?

[[textBox stringValue] length] is utterly irrelevant...

OSC - Why? Did you see the second line of the OP?

Hairball183 Wrote:If you use kodex's code, you will need to make sure that you make the "O" in ObjectValue lowercase: [[textbox objectValue] length]

Hope this helps

BTW kodex: What is the difference between objectValue and stringValue? Is there an advantage to using objectValue?

Sorry about the Caps error was just typing a quick reply in safari and didn't notice.

As far as using objectValue over stringValue, there was an issue I had in one of my programs a long time ago (that I can't recall) that wasn't functioning correctly with stringValue so I just got into the habit of using objectValue instead, as far as I know objectValue just uses stringValue if a string value is present.

OSC: I wasn't sure if he was asking about the length of a string because he said his goal was to compare the number of inputed characters which would make his first question irrelevant, I figured I would supply both answers to prevent the classic "No I meant this...." reply.

Whoops, serves me right for not reading closely enough