Numeric comparisons with advanced conditionals

Hello,

Within a plugin, I’m trying to do the following:

{if count > 1}
Foo Bar
{/if}

My plugin uses prep_conditionals to help with variable substitution. However, I see the conditional looks like:

{if '2' > 1}
Foo Bar
{#&47;if}

Any idea how to fix that? I’d like it to look like the following:

{if 2 > 1}
Foo Bar
{#&47;if}

Thanks, Mike

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