i'm in a tight spot right now
an error kept occuring where a package of VCE wouldn't load along with some functions
so i 'fixed' that
(beforehand doing what Ike said didn't do anything)
but now instead, while the setup Ike provided actually works well, the "operator" on point 2 seems to just act weirdly
the operators >, >=, ==, and ~= always act false, and the operators <, <=, and != always act true
any thoughts?