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+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (c) 2012 GarageGames, LLC
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+// deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+// rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+// sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+// IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include "unit/test.h"
+#include "unit/memoryTester.h"
+#include "console/engineAPI.h"
+#include "console/SimObject.h"
+
+using namespace UnitTesting;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+CreateUnitTest(TestTorqueScriptStandard, "TorqueScript/StandardOperations")
+{
+	SimObject *TSTestObject;
+
+	void StringEquals(const char* strA, const char* strB)
+	{
+		char buffer[2048];
+		dSprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "TSTestObject.testValue = (%s $= %s);", strA, strB);
+		Con::evaluate(buffer);
+
+		char outBuffer[1024];
+		dSprintf(outBuffer, sizeof(outBuffer), "Expected %s to equal %s", strA, strB);
+
+		test( Con::getBoolVariable("TSTestObject.testValue"), outBuffer );
+	}
+
+	void StringDoesNotEqual(const char* strA, const char* strB)
+	{
+		char buffer[2048];
+		dSprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "TSTestObject.testValue = (%s !$= %s);", strA, strB);
+		Con::evaluate(buffer);
+
+		char outBuffer[1024];
+		dSprintf(outBuffer, sizeof(outBuffer), "Expected %s to equal %s", strA, strB);
+
+		test( Con::getBoolVariable("TSTestObject.testValue"), outBuffer );
+	}
+
+	void Equals(const char* strA, const char* strB)
+	{
+		char buffer[2048];
+		dSprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "TSTestObject.testValue = (%s == %s);", strA, strB);
+		Con::evaluate(buffer);
+
+		char outBuffer[1024];
+		dSprintf(outBuffer, sizeof(outBuffer), "Expected %s to equal %s", strA, strB);
+
+		test( Con::getBoolVariable("TSTestObject.testValue"), outBuffer );
+	}
+
+	void DoesNotEqual(const char* strA, const char* strB)
+	{
+		char buffer[2048];
+		dSprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "TSTestObject.testValue = (%s != %s);", strA, strB);
+		Con::evaluate(buffer);
+
+		char outBuffer[1024];
+		dSprintf(outBuffer, sizeof(outBuffer), "Expected %s to equal %s", strA, strB);
+
+		test( Con::getBoolVariable("TSTestObject.testValue"), outBuffer );
+	}
+
+   void run()
+   {
+		TSTestObject = new SimObject();
+		TSTestObject->assignName("TSTestObject");
+		TSTestObject->registerObject();
+
+		//Strings
+		//comparable with strequals
+		StringEquals("\"\"", "\"\"");
+		StringEquals("c", "c");
+		StringDoesNotEqual("d", "e");
+		StringDoesNotEqual("\"\"", "a");
+		StringDoesNotEqual("b", "\"\"");
+
+		//case insensitivity tests
+		StringEquals("hi", "HI");
+		StringEquals("ho", "HO");
+		StringEquals("dfjdkfjdf", "DFJDKFJDF");
+
+		//should always compare true with equals
+		Equals("trip", "trip");
+		Equals("trap", "TRAP");
+		Equals("ping", "pong");
+		Equals("pow", "\"\"");
+		Equals("crash", "sdkhskhsdf");
+
+		//Construct without quotes
+		StringEquals("yellow", "\"yellow\"");
+		StringEquals("red", "\"red\"");
+
+		//cast to zero when non-numeric
+		Equals("\"luis\" + 0", "0");
+		Equals("\"jeff\" + 1", "1");
+		Equals("\"bank\" - 2", "-2");
+		Equals("\"thomas\" * 2", "0");
+		Equals("\"andrew\" / 2", "0");
+		StringEquals("\"daniel\" / -1", "\"-0\"");
+
+		//cast to numbers when numeric
+		Equals("\"1\" + 1", "2");
+		Equals("\"9\" - 6", "3");
+		Equals("\"6\" * 2", "12");
+		Equals("\"8\" / 4", "2");
+		Equals("\"8.9\" + 0.1", "9");
+
+		//constructed as ints or floats
+		Equals("0", "0.0");
+		Equals("1", "1.0");
+		Equals("1000", "1000.0");
+		Equals("-2", "-2.0");
+		Equals("0", "-0");
+		DoesNotEqual("5", "5.1");
+
+		//cast to strings
+		StringDoesNotEqual("1000", "\"1000.0\"");
+		Equals("1001", "\"1001.0\"");
+		StringDoesNotEqual("0", "\"-0\"");
+		Equals("0", "\"-0\"");
+		StringEquals("1000.0", "\"1000\"");
+		StringEquals("0 @ 1", "\"01\"");
+		StringEquals("goodbye @ 5", "\"goodbye5\"");
+
+		//Order of operations
+		Equals("2 * 2 + 1", "5");
+		Equals("2 * (2 + 1)", "6");
+		Equals("2 / 2 + 1", "2");
+		Equals("2 / (2 + 1)", "2/3");
+		Equals("2 * 2 - 1", "3");
+		Equals("2 * (2 - 1)", "2");
+		Equals("2 / 2 - 1", "0");
+		Equals("2 / (2 - 1)", "2");
+
+		// << and >> have low precedence
+		Equals("1 << 1 + 1", "4");
+		Equals("(1 << 1) + 1", "3");
+		Equals("4 >> 1 + 1", "1");
+		Equals("(4 >> 1) + 1", "3");
+
+		//numbers shift
+		Equals("0 >> 1", "0");
+		Equals("0 << 1", "0");
+
+		TSTestObject->deleteObject();
+   }
+};
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