Thanks John for this education
Kris Buelens,
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Op ma 28 nov. 2022 om 13:45 schreef John P. Hartmann <m...@jphartmann.eu>:
> On 11/28/22 11:10, Kris Buelens wrote:
> > I repeat that #1 (or in France £1) is a counter, so no spaces by
> > definition.
>
> This is no longer the case.
>
> Counters can now contain non-numeric strings as well as proper numbers.
> Perhaps #1 should be called a variable, just as Alain does.
>
> The initial value of a counter is nothing, which will be either the null
> string or zero, depending on to what the counter is coerced in an
> expression.
>
> set #1:=""
>
> causes the counter to contain a null string, which converts to 0 for
> numerics (perhaps it shouldn't). This also applies when assigning a
> null value from a column range that is not present in the record.
>
