Forums Feature Suggestions Greater than / Less than comparison in $hfind()

I came over a problem earlier, where im using something like..

$hfind(table,$+(*:,$number),w,0)

however, it would be nice if i there was a > or < comparison available in the $hfind, so I dont have to search ALL entries and compare each one indivudually using an if... thus slowing down the script... would be nice to be able to pick < or > than the specified