possible hidden characters in swipe[1]? Perhaps a space attached to the end somwhere? Try this:

print("[" .. swipe[1] .. "]") and see if there is something funky in swipe[1] that you're not expecting.

yeah i thought of that also but theres no hidden char.
heres the print line from termial

------------> rigth: 2 3

and this is the print statement im using

print("------------> "..swipe[1]..": "..swipe[2], swipe[3])

im only checking swipe[1]
swipe[2] and swipe[3] is the position the swipe started

is right supposed to be spelled "rigth"?

stupid me been looking at this all morning even checked spelling several times
thanks that fixed it