I am going through a list of numbers as character string separated by periods - 04.05.10.11.12.100.101.104. etc and run into a problem when I reach 100+
my search for 10 comes up true when it comes across 100.
my search for 04 comes up true when it comes across 104 - so adding a dot after the search will not help.

Is there a way to tighten up the code to get the query to reject these without my having to write qualifying if clauses after these searches.
thanks for any suggestions
k

num="100"
if '10' $ num
wait window 'I want this to show .f.'
endif

**** same issue here with dot added to search

num="104."
if '04.' $ num
wait window 'I want this to show .f.'
endif