string fields with numbers to be compared

[Hema_Nithya]

I have another issue in comparing and want to compare should_be with server_installed_package . Sometime package installed is higher after patching . Example given below for git version if should_be== server_installed_package  , the status should updated as Completed 
, Another case if server_installed_packages is greater than shouldbe to mark as complete 2 < 3 ,  also it should check for if first number is same , it should check for second digits . it should mark as completed , else it should check for the next digit if it is 2. and it should check for another number . 

CI	Installed	shouldbe	server_installed_package	Status
server1	git-2.31.1-3.el8_7	git-2.39.3-1.el8_8	git-3.40.3-1.el8_8	Not complete

[gcusello]

Hi @Hema_Nithya ,

this check highly depends on the format of the version, so if the format is always the one you shared (git-2.31.1-3.el8_7 and git-2.39.3-1.el8_8), you could use a regex to extract the numeric version:

| rex field=installed ".*(?<version_installed>\d+_\d+)"
| rex field=shouldbe ".*(?<version_shouldbe>\d+_\d+)"

so you can compare them.

Ciao.

Giuseppe