Problem with less than symbol and set variable lookup

Question

Can some one confirm this is an issue? Take a list and put a record in it with 2 records the data:

A<

A<B

Create a workflow that: Uses Set Variable action.

Set a string variable to the record ID when the title equals A< This should succeed when the workflow runs.

Then try.
Set a string variable to the record ID when the title equals A<B
This fails.

I ran into this when I had data with name <name@place.com>.
I began to pick it apart and found if I eliminated the less than symbol it worked.

Answer 1

This is because the < is an html character. Looking for the record where Title = A<B would return the record where your title equals A<B.