[Help] Reading number values

[Osteel]

Hello everyone, forgive me for writing another thread, but as Im new to xml I have a quick question

I have an xml file that contains a score <score1>100</score1> and all I want to do is compare it to a number that the user inputs into the input text box

Im not asking how to go about loading the xml and all that jazz, I simply want to compare the two in an 'if statment"

Here is what I had :

currentScore = input.text;
...
...
if (currentScore>highscore[0]) {
display.text = "You are in FIRST place";
} else if (currentScore>highscore[1] && currentScore<highscore[0]) {
display.text = "You are in SECOND place";
} else if (currentScore>highscore[2] && currentScore<highscore[1]) {
display.text = "You are in THIRD place";
} else {
display.text = "You did NOT make the list";
}


The highscore array contains the top three xml nodes each containing a different number value

But for some odd reason the two wont be compared and it always jumps to the final 'else' statment. I think this is because the input box is using Integer values whereas the xml file is using String

Can someone please help me out, it would be greatly appreciated