Learnyoumongo find tutorial - cant use process.argv[2]

Right now I am doing Learn MongoDB exercise 3
here is my code

var mongo = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var path ="mongodb://localhost:27017/learnyoumongo";
mongo.connect(path,function(err,db){
if(err){
    return err;
}
if(db){
    var collection = db.collection('parrots');
    collection.find({age:{$gt:3}}).toArray(function(err,document){
        if(err){
            return err;
        }
        console.log(document);
    })
    db.close();  
}    
})

and it show me the exact value i want to see

[ { _id: 5866ea9fb1a11e170a51ef53, name: 'Jenny', age: 10 } ]

but if i change the line

collection.find({age:{$gt:3}}).toArray(function(err,document){

into

collection.find({age:{$gt:process.argv[2]}}).toArray(function(err,document){

it shows

[]

but when I console.log(process.argv[2]) and it shows me 3 .
Can’t fig out why process.argv[2] not working insted of value 3.

I suppose you will have to parse it to a number/integer.

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how on earth i miss that :frowning:
thanks :smiley: