...
> i'd consider doing:
>   :setvar myvar finfo('hkdata.datafile','intcreated')
>   :# change the integer into a string
>   :setvar myvar "!myvar"
>   :if myvar = hpyyyymmdd
>     [blah blah blah]
>   :endif
>
> jeff will probably point out some nifty one-liner for the
> above (:-) -- but it is readable :-)    - d

Just for fun and not trying to win any readability awards:
  if finfo('filename','intcreated') = !hpyyyymmdd then

which is what was originally written, I believe. The lack
of quotes around !HPYYYYMMDD forces the number to be treated
as an integer... recall that !varname causes the CI to
"forget" that var's type.  One could also write:
  if decimal(finfo('filename','intcreated')) = hpyyyymmdd then


FWIW,
  Jeff Vance, vCSY

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