_ArraySearch fails returns wrong result

[david@…]

If one has an array with the first element having a 0 value then ArraySearch always returns 0 matching whatever you are looking for as 0.

#include <Array.au3>
Dim $ArrayWorks[2]=["0","String"]
Dim $ArrayFails[2]=[0,"String"]
MsgBox( 0, _ArraySearch( $ArrayWorks, "String" ), _ArraySearch( $ArrayFails, "String" ) )

[anonymous]

I have since found the bug report #1142 which is the exact same which was classified as not a bug because the string is converted to a Number prior to compare which makes the search successful.

I am not sure if the data should be converted prior to comparison as perhaps the string "0" should not equal to the integer 0.

Perhaps if the documentation had some statement indicating that the search string will be converted to match each array's element that would help clarify what is going on.

[Jpm]

I prefer to treat it as a request feature and to add a mode that will strictly match if the variable type are the same.

The checking of the variables in AutoIt is kept with this new mode.
I don't like too much "string" = 0 or "" = 0 but that's the way AutoIt is doing comparison priority to numbers ... So I cannot change the default value.

[Jpm]

Added by revision [5854] in version: 3.3.7.0

[TicketCleanup]

Automatic ticket cleanup.

[Spiff59]

Isn;t all you'd need to add is this one line near the top of the _ArraySearch() function?
If $vValue == 0 Or $vValue == "" Then $iCase = 1