It's almost like there should be a cast() function to change the type of a variable, although that would be most unLivecodeLike.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:20 PM, J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> wrote: > It's obscure, yes, though the dictionary has this: > > "Important! Changing the numberFormat does not automatically change the > format of a number that's already in a container. It affects numbers only > when they are calculated and then displayed or used as strings. Otherwise, > the number retains its full numeric precision." > > The "already in a container" should be more precise though and specify "in > a variable". Fields are containers, but they only hold strings. > > > On 2/4/2015 5:02 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: > >> Thanks Jacque, a gold mine of information as usual. But it’s pretty >> obscure, isn’t it? All this started for me because I wanted to test if two >> numbers were equal, knowing that they probably weren’t exactly equal to the >> last decimal place but nevertheless were ‘engineering equal’ as it were - >> say to six places of decimals. So I tried to truncate them to that length >> and then compare them. More fool me. But now I think I know what should be >> done, thanks to you - and to everyone else who replied. >> >> Graham >> >> >> On 4 Feb 2015, at 23:44, J. Landman Gay <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2/4/2015 3:01 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: >>> >>>> So really, if I want an uncomplicated string of characters derived >>>> from a number via setting the numberFormat and then doing a >>>> calculation, how do I get it? >>>> >>> >>> You can turn it into a string by putting empty after it: >>> >>> put 1.55555 into tVar -- number >>> set the numberformat to "0.00" >>> add 1 to tVar -- still a number >>> put tVar into fld 1 -- numberformat applied now, field contains a >>> string "2.55" >>> add 1 to tVar -- still a number, contains 3.55555 >>> put empty after tVar -- numberformat applies, tVar is a string >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
