On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:53:20 pm you wrote: > > Benoît, > > > > MAJOR PANIC! I use IsNumber extensively to do quick checks on field > > parsing across heterogeneous databases. Using the 80-20 rule I can > > parse text fields for junk appendices to an expected numeric. > > Code such as > > > > vItem=split(result!note," ",NULL,TRUE)[0] > > > > IF IsNumber(vItem) THEN RETURN Val(vItem) > > > > ' else begin parsing diabolical note structure > > > > ..... > > > > abounds. > > > > Please reconsider this. > > Then you are using IsNumber() the wrong way: in your code, vItem is a > string (I guess), and so IsNumber(vItem) will always return FALSE. > > You used IsNumber() as if it would tell you if a string can be converted > to a number, which it does not at the moment! And which is exactly what > I want to change!
Arrrrrggh, yer right again. After calming down I checked. IF IsNumber(Val(vItem)) THEN RETURN Val(vItem) Sorry, I just get the panics over "my precious code" :-) -- best regards Bruce Bruen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
