diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/not.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/not.rs
index 027bfeff4..1b5b2475d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/not.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/not.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             Example {
                 description:
                     "Apply logical negation to a list of numbers, treat input as 2 bytes number",
-                example: "[4 3 2] | bits not -n 2",
+                example: "[4 3 2] | bits not -n '2'",
                 result: Some(Value::List {
                     vals: vec![
                         Value::test_int(65531),
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/rotate_right.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/rotate_right.rs
index f6e5fba8e..6c43c1554 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/rotate_right.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/rotate_right.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Rotate right a list of numbers of one byte",
-                example: "[15 33 92] | bits ror 2 -n 1",
+                example: "[15 33 92] | bits ror 2 -n '1'",
                 result: Some(Value::List {
                     vals: vec![
                         Value::test_int(195),
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/shift_left.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/shift_left.rs
index c0e4b238b..21d0a448c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/bits/shift_left.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/bits/shift_left.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Shift left a number with 1 byte by 7 bits",
-                example: "2 | bits shl 7 -n 1",
+                example: "2 | bits shl 7 -n '1'",
                 result: Some(Value::test_int(0)),
             },
             Example {
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
index f560daa5c..58791b38e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl Command for Fill {
             Example {
                 description:
                     "Fill a number on the left side to a width of 5 with the character '0'",
-                example: "1 | fill --alignment right --character 0 --width 5",
+                example: "1 | fill --alignment right --character '0' --width 5",
                 result: Some(Value::String {
                     val: "00001".into(),
                     span: Span::test_data(),
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl Command for Fill {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Fill a number on both sides to a width of 5 with the character '0'",
-                example: "1.1 | fill --alignment center --character 0 --width 5",
+                example: "1.1 | fill --alignment center --character '0' --width 5",
                 result: Some(Value::String {
                     val: "01.10".into(),
                     span: Span::test_data(),
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl Command for Fill {
             Example {
                 description:
                     "Fill a filesize on the left side to a width of 5 with the character '0'",
-                example: "1kib | fill --alignment middle --character 0 --width 10",
+                example: "1kib | fill --alignment middle --character '0' --width 10",
                 result: Some(Value::String {
                     val: "0001024000".into(),
                     span: Span::test_data(),
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/debug_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/debug_.rs
index 255bbc0b5..34be1be10 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/debug/debug_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/debug/debug_.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ impl Command for Debug {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Debug print a table",
-                example: "[[version patch]; [0.1.0 false] [0.1.1 true] [0.2.0 false]] | debug",
+                example:
+                    "[[version patch]; ['0.1.0' false] ['0.1.1' true] ['0.2.0' false]] | debug",
                 result: Some(Value::List {
                     vals: vec![
                         Value::test_string("{version: 0.1.0, patch: false}"),
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/find.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/find.rs
index f634fb4d8..bb92cd0e6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/find.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/find.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl Command for Find {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Find value in records",
-                example: r#"[[version name]; [0.1.0 nushell] [0.1.1 fish] [0.2.0 zsh]] | find -r "nu""#,
+                example: r#"[[version name]; ['0.1.0' nushell] ['0.1.1' fish] ['0.2.0' zsh]] | find -r "nu""#,
                 result: Some(Value::List {
                     vals: vec![Value::test_record(
                         vec!["version", "name"],
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/shells/g.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/shells/g.rs
index a5eb1b7c5..570600582 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/shells/g.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/shells/g.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
 use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
 use nu_protocol::{
-    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Type,
+    Category, Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape, Type, Value,
 };
 
 /// Source a file for environment variables.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl Command for GotoShell {
             ])
             .optional(
                 "shell_number",
-                SyntaxShape::String,
+                SyntaxShape::OneOf(vec![SyntaxShape::Int, SyntaxShape::String]),
                 "shell number to change to",
             )
             .category(Category::Shells)
@@ -40,23 +40,32 @@ impl Command for GotoShell {
         call: &Call,
         _input: PipelineData,
     ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
-        let new_shell: Option<Spanned<String>> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+        let new_shell: Option<Value> = call.opt(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
 
         match new_shell {
-            Some(shell_span) => {
-                if shell_span.item == "-" {
-                    switch_shell(engine_state, stack, call, shell_span.span, SwitchTo::Last)
-                } else {
-                    let n = shell_span
-                        .item
-                        .parse::<usize>()
-                        .map_err(|_| ShellError::NotFound {
-                            span: shell_span.span,
-                        })?;
-
-                    switch_shell(engine_state, stack, call, shell_span.span, SwitchTo::Nth(n))
+            Some(shell_span) => match &shell_span {
+                Value::String { val, span } => {
+                    if val == "-" {
+                        switch_shell(engine_state, stack, call, *span, SwitchTo::Last)
+                    } else {
+                        Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
+                            err_message: "int or '-'".into(),
+                            span: *span,
+                        })
+                    }
                 }
-            }
+                Value::Int { val, span } => switch_shell(
+                    engine_state,
+                    stack,
+                    call,
+                    *span,
+                    SwitchTo::Nth(*val as usize),
+                ),
+                _ => Err(ShellError::TypeMismatch {
+                    err_message: "int or '-'".into(),
+                    span: call.head,
+                }),
+            },
             None => list_shells(engine_state, stack, call.head),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
index 0884f40ec..d3acf9c0b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl Command for Char {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Output Unicode character",
-                example: r#"char -u 1f378"#,
+                example: r#"char -u '1f378'"#,
                 result: Some(Value::test_string("\u{1f378}")),
             },
             Example {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl Command for Char {
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Output multi-byte Unicode character",
-                example: r#"char -u 1F468 200D 1F466 200D 1F466"#,
+                example: r#"char -u '1F468' '200D' '1F466' '200D' '1F466'"#,
                 result: Some(Value::test_string(
                     "\u{1F468}\u{200D}\u{1F466}\u{200D}\u{1F466}",
                 )),
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
index b26e5ef8f..bffc232b0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ prints out the list properly."#
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Render a table with 'name' column in it to a grid",
-                example: "[[name patch]; [0.1.0 false] [0.1.1 true] [0.2.0 false]] | grid",
+                example: "[[name patch]; ['0.1.0' false] ['0.1.1' true] ['0.2.0' false]] | grid",
                 result: Some(Value::test_string("0.1.0 │ 0.1.1 │ 0.2.0\n")),
             },
         ]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/all.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/all.rs
index 89c446829..948a459a5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/all.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/all.rs
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ fn checks_all_columns_of_a_table_is_true() {
         r#"
                 echo [
                         [  first_name, last_name,   rusty_at, likes  ];
-                        [      Andrés,  Robalino, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
-                        [    JT,    Turner, 10/12/2013,   1    ]
-                        [      Darren, Schroeder, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
-                        [      Yehuda,      Katz, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
+                        [      Andrés,  Robalino, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
+                        [    JT,    Turner, '10/12/2013',   1    ]
+                        [      Darren, Schroeder, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
+                        [      Yehuda,      Katz, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
                 ]
                 | all {|x| $x.likes > 0 }
         "#
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/any.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/any.rs
index c61f6c538..f01c10320 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/any.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/any.rs
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ fn checks_any_column_of_a_table_is_true() {
         r#"
                 echo [
                         [  first_name, last_name,   rusty_at, likes  ];
-                        [      Andrés,  Robalino, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
-                        [    JT,    Turner, 10/12/2013,   1    ]
-                        [      Darren, Schroeder, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
-                        [      Yehuda,      Katz, 10/11/2013,   1    ]
+                        [      Andrés,  Robalino, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
+                        [    JT,    Turner, '10/12/2013',   1    ]
+                        [      Darren, Schroeder, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
+                        [      Yehuda,      Katz, '10/11/2013',   1    ]
                 ]
-                | any {|x| $x.rusty_at == 10/12/2013 }
+                | any {|x| $x.rusty_at == '10/12/2013' }
         "#
     ));
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/cal.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/cal.rs
index 70261fd4c..61c0ba2e7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/cal.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/cal.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn cal_friday_the_thirteenths_in_2015() {
     let actual = nu!(
         cwd: ".", pipeline(
         r#"
-        cal --full-year 2015 | default friday 0 | where friday == 13 | length
+        cal --full-year 2015 | default 0 friday | where friday == 13 | length
         "#
     ));
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/move_/mv.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/move_/mv.rs
index 2e1414a59..56064822b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/move_/mv.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/move_/mv.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ fn does_not_error_when_some_file_is_moving_into_itself() {
 
         let original_dir = dirs.test().join("11");
         let expected = dirs.test().join("12/11");
-        nu!(cwd: dirs.test(), "mv 1* 12");
+        nu!(cwd: dirs.test(), "mv `1*` `12`");
 
         assert!(!original_dir.exists());
         assert!(expected.exists());
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/reject.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/reject.rs
index 06440b0f7..d393016c8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/reject.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/reject.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ fn regular_columns() {
             echo [
                 [first_name, last_name, rusty_at, type];
 
-                [Andrés Robalino 10/11/2013 A]
-                [JT Turner 10/12/2013 B]
-                [Yehuda Katz 10/11/2013 A]
+                [Andrés Robalino '10/11/2013' A]
+                [JT Turner '10/12/2013' B]
+                [Yehuda Katz '10/11/2013' A]
             ]
             | reject type first_name
             | columns
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
index cd6833117..1a7e5b6a1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/run_external.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ fn external_command_expand_tilde_with_back_quotes() {
         "external command not expand tilde with quotes",
         |dirs, _| {
             let actual = nu!(cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(r#"nu --testbin nonu `~`"#));
-            assert!(!actual.out.contains("~"));
+            assert!(!actual.out.contains('~'));
         },
     )
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/select.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/select.rs
index 02a606364..5b4fd9b7c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/select.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/select.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ fn regular_columns() {
             echo [
                 [first_name, last_name, rusty_at, type];
 
-                [Andrés Robalino 10/11/2013 A]
-                [JT Turner 10/12/2013 B]
-                [Yehuda Katz 10/11/2013 A]
+                [Andrés Robalino '10/11/2013' A]
+                [JT Turner '10/12/2013' B]
+                [Yehuda Katz '10/11/2013' A]
             ]
             | select rusty_at last_name
             | get 0
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ fn fails_if_given_unknown_column_name() {
             echo [
                 [first_name, last_name, rusty_at, type];
 
-                [Andrés Robalino 10/11/2013 A]
-                [JT Turner 10/12/2013 B]
-                [Yehuda Katz 10/11/2013 A]
+                [Andrés Robalino '10/11/2013' A]
+                [JT Turner '10/12/2013' B]
+                [Yehuda Katz '10/11/2013' A]
             ]
             | select rrusty_at first_name
             | length
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/str_/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/str_/mod.rs
index b7ff45c34..6d5c5c62c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/str_/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/str_/mod.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ fn substrings_the_input() {
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring 6,14 fortune.teller.phone
+                 | str substring '6,14' fortune.teller.phone
                  | get fortune.teller.phone
              "#
         ));
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ fn substring_errors_if_start_index_is_greater_than_end_index() {
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring 6,5 fortune.teller.phone
+                 | str substring '6,5' fortune.teller.phone
              "#
         ));
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ fn substrings_the_input_and_returns_the_string_if_end_index_exceeds_length() {
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring 0,999 package.name
+                 | str substring '0,999' package.name
                  | get package.name
              "#
         ));
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ fn substrings_the_input_and_returns_blank_if_start_index_exceeds_length() {
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring 50,999 package.name
+                 | str substring '50,999' package.name
                  | get package.name
              "#
         ));
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ fn substrings_the_input_and_treats_start_index_as_zero_if_blank_start_index_give
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring ,2 package.name
+                 | str substring ',2' package.name
                  | get package.name
              "#
         ));
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ fn substrings_the_input_and_treats_end_index_as_length_if_blank_end_index_given(
             cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
             r#"
                  open sample.toml
-                 | str substring 3, package.name
+                 | str substring '3,' package.name
                  | get package.name
              "#
         ));
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index 8f390ddd9..70ea11c18 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -1744,6 +1744,72 @@ pub fn parse_paren_expr(
     }
 }
 
+pub fn parse_numberlike_expr(
+    working_set: &mut StateWorkingSet,
+    span: Span,
+    shape: &SyntaxShape,
+    expand_aliases_denylist: &[usize],
+) -> (Expression, Option<ParseError>) {
+    let bytes = working_set.get_span_contents(span);
+    match shape {
+        SyntaxShape::Binary => parse_binary(working_set, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Number => parse_number(bytes, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Decimal => parse_float(bytes, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Int => parse_int(bytes, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Duration => parse_duration(working_set, span),
+        SyntaxShape::DateTime => parse_datetime(working_set, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Filesize => parse_filesize(working_set, span),
+        SyntaxShape::Range => parse_range(working_set, span, expand_aliases_denylist),
+        SyntaxShape::CellPath => parse_simple_cell_path(working_set, span, expand_aliases_denylist),
+        SyntaxShape::Any => {
+            if bytes == b"0b" {
+                // FIXME: having to work around this filesize that also looks like a binary value
+                parse_filesize(working_set, span)
+            } else if bytes.starts_with(b"0x[")
+                || bytes.starts_with(b"0b[")
+                || bytes.starts_with(b"0o[")
+            {
+                parse_binary(working_set, span)
+            } else if bytes.starts_with(b"0x")
+                || bytes.starts_with(b"0b")
+                || bytes.starts_with(b"0o")
+            {
+                parse_int(bytes, span)
+            } else {
+                for shape in &[
+                    SyntaxShape::Range,
+                    SyntaxShape::Int,
+                    SyntaxShape::Binary,
+                    SyntaxShape::Filesize,
+                    SyntaxShape::Duration,
+                    SyntaxShape::DateTime, //FIXME requires 3 failed conversion attempts before failing
+                    SyntaxShape::Number,
+                ] {
+                    let (result, err) =
+                        parse_value(working_set, span, shape, expand_aliases_denylist);
+                    if err.is_none() {
+                        return (result, err);
+                    }
+                }
+                (
+                    garbage(span),
+                    Some(ParseError::Expected(
+                        "number-like value (int, float, date, etc)".into(),
+                        span,
+                    )),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+        _ => (
+            garbage(span),
+            Some(ParseError::Expected(
+                "number-like value (int, float, date, etc)".into(),
+                span,
+            )),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn parse_brace_expr(
     working_set: &mut StateWorkingSet,
     span: Span,
@@ -4891,7 +4957,9 @@ pub fn parse_value(
                 None,
             );
         }
-
+        b"-inf" | b"inf" | b"NaN" => {
+            return parse_numberlike_expr(working_set, span, shape, expand_aliases_denylist);
+        }
         _ => {}
     }
 
@@ -4915,6 +4983,20 @@ pub fn parse_value(
                 );
             }
         },
+        x if x.is_ascii_digit() => {
+            // Anything that starts with a number now has to be a number-like value
+            // These include values like ints, floats, dates, durations, etc
+            // To create a string, wrap in quotes, to create a bare word, wrap in backticks
+            return parse_numberlike_expr(working_set, span, shape, expand_aliases_denylist);
+        }
+        b'-' | b'+' => {
+            if bytes.len() > 1 && bytes[1].is_ascii_digit() {
+                // Anything that starts with a negative number now has to be a number-like value
+                // These include values like ints, floats, dates, durations, etc
+                // To create a string, wrap in quotes, to create a bare word, wrap in backticks
+                return parse_numberlike_expr(working_set, span, shape, expand_aliases_denylist);
+            }
+        }
         _ => {}
     }
 
@@ -4925,12 +5007,6 @@ pub fn parse_value(
             expression.custom_completion = Some(*custom_completion);
             (expression, err)
         }
-        SyntaxShape::Number => parse_number(bytes, span),
-        SyntaxShape::Decimal => parse_float(bytes, span),
-        SyntaxShape::Int => parse_int(bytes, span),
-        SyntaxShape::Duration => parse_duration(working_set, span),
-        SyntaxShape::DateTime => parse_datetime(working_set, span),
-        SyntaxShape::Filesize => parse_filesize(working_set, span),
         SyntaxShape::Range => parse_range(working_set, span, expand_aliases_denylist),
         SyntaxShape::Filepath => parse_filepath(working_set, span),
         SyntaxShape::Directory => parse_directory(working_set, span),
@@ -5004,32 +5080,11 @@ pub fn parse_value(
                 //parse_value(working_set, span, &SyntaxShape::Table)
                 parse_full_cell_path(working_set, None, span, expand_aliases_denylist)
             } else {
-                /* Parser very sensitive to order of shapes tried.  Recording the original order for postierity
                 let shapes = [
-                SyntaxShape::Binary,
-                SyntaxShape::Int,
-                SyntaxShape::Number,
-                SyntaxShape::Range,
-                SyntaxShape::DateTime,
-                SyntaxShape::Filesize,
-                SyntaxShape::Duration,
-                SyntaxShape::Record,
-                SyntaxShape::Closure(None),
-                SyntaxShape::Block,
-                SyntaxShape::String,
-                ];
-                */
-                let shapes = [
-                    SyntaxShape::Binary,
-                    SyntaxShape::Filesize,
-                    SyntaxShape::Duration,
                     SyntaxShape::Range,
-                    SyntaxShape::DateTime, //FIXME requires 3 failed conversion attempts before failing
                     SyntaxShape::Record,
                     SyntaxShape::Closure(None),
                     SyntaxShape::Block,
-                    SyntaxShape::Int,
-                    SyntaxShape::Number,
                     SyntaxShape::String,
                 ];
                 for shape in shapes.iter() {
@@ -5054,7 +5109,10 @@ pub fn parse_value(
                 )
             }
         }
-        _ => (garbage(span), Some(ParseError::IncompleteParser(span))),
+        x => (
+            garbage(span),
+            Some(ParseError::Expected(x.to_type().to_string(), span)),
+        ),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
index 800a9faeb..d1a83eecc 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ pub fn multi_test_parse_int() {
         ),
         Test(
             "semver data not confused for int",
-            b"1.0.1",
+            b"'1.0.1'",
             Expr::String("1.0.1".into()),
             None,
         ),
diff --git a/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/test_asserts.nu b/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/test_asserts.nu
index ddb21049f..43f716685 100644
--- a/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/test_asserts.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/test_asserts.nu
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ export def test_assert_equal [] {
     assert equal (1 + 2) 3
     assert equal (0.1 + 0.2 | into string | into decimal) 0.3 # 0.30000000000000004 == 0.3
     assert error { assert equal 1 "foo" }
-    assert error { assert equal (1 + 2) 4) }
+    assert error { assert equal (1 + 2) "4)" }
 }
 
 export def test_assert_not_equal [] {
     assert not equal (1 + 2) 4
     assert not equal 1 "foo"
-    assert not equal (1 + 2) 3)
+    assert not equal (1 + 2) "3)"
     assert error { assert not equal 1 1 }
 }