Blockly: cannot directly compare openHAB Item state to Math number

Right, but it feels counterintuitive to perform mathematical comparisons on Strings.

And the example with the variable works, where the variable is a number, right?

(Note that the State of an Item in Blockly isn’t always a String…)

I’m trying to use Blockly as if I was an absolute beginner, which I think is who this is intended for (after the rule templates). It seems like a strange quirk that we’re exposing to these beginners.