I don't understand. What is this numeric variable. I got the reply '42'. thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "gerry simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 4:01 PM Subject: Re: The result of VARIABLE[1,3] + 0 > 42 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: The result of VARIABLE[1,3] + 0 > > > > I'm all ears. What is this numeric variable. > > > > Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U2 Users Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:34 PM > > Subject: Re: The result of VARIABLE[1,3] + 0 > > > > > > > In a message dated 2/2/2004 9:06:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > It's been affirmed here and other places that MV considers everything > as > > a text variable (keep file handles and arrays out of this discussion) and > > its numerological properties come > > > > into play only when we expect it to behave as a number. > > > > > > No that's not so. There is a numeric variable (internally stored), in > MV. > > It is not a string and only translated to a number when needed, rather > it's > > a number. > > > Will > > > -- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > > -- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
