> As I recall, BASIC used $ to denote a variable as a string type. a var > defined without was numeric....but it's been in the 20+ year range for me, > as well...may have changed, and I may be mis-remembering.
OH YEAH, I think you're right...dollar sign for strings. It's all coming back now...5.25" floppy disks...Apple II+...green monitor...dot matrix printer... -- Josh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291639 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4