Zero in file name

Hello everybody!
This is a problem: if I have the files with similar names - the only difference is how page number is stated, in 2 digits or in 1, (so with 0 or without) - my script sees those names as the same. Here is test script
tell application "Finder"
set theFold to choose folder
set theFile to choose file
set theName to name of theFile
get every file of theFold whose name is theName
end tell
and I choose file with name ABBD060112_1Symons.pdf, but as a result I receive a list of 2 files, second - with name ABBD060112_01Symons.pdf.
I tried different combinations and it looks like script is confuzed in case when 0 follows _. What goes wrong?
Here is the end of event log:
get name of alias "...........Desktop:tests:ABBD060112_1Symons.pdf"
"ABBD060112_1Symons.pdf"
get every file of alias "...........Desktop:tests:" whose name = "ABBD060112_1Symons.pdf"
{document file "ABBD060112_01Symons.pdf" of folder "tests" of folder "Desktop" .... of startup disk, document file "ABBD060112_1Symons.pdf" of folder "tests" of folder "Desktop" .... of startup disk}
end tell
Thank you in advance for any suggestions
Vera

Hi Vera and welcome to Apple Discussions!
I can confirm the same behaviour under 10.3.9. Looks like something badly wrong with Finder's implementation of "every file whose...". It wouldn't be the first time. And it's nothing to do with the underscore: it happens even if the files are named "1" and "01"
If you do a brute-force comparison, it works:
tell app "Finder"
name of file "1" of thefold = name of file "01" of thefold
--false
end tell
Possible solutions:
* Loop through the list returned by "every file" and check each file name in turn against a condition, building a second list of files that match your test. It's slower but would appear to be more reliable.
* A shell script. I can't help there, but others may be able to.
Hope this helps,
H

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