On 1/24/06, Andreas Kiel <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Maybe I should post the below on another list, but since it happens within
> an ASS app, I'll try it here.
>
> I've done some code where the script reads some values from an XML. The
> values are stored in the XML as text (which is normal)
> so a result could be "54", "3190" etc. If I use:
> "set theResult to theResult as number"
> I get an AppleScript error:
> "Can't make {} into type number." where the "number" is highlighted.
> If I use:
> "set theResult to theResult as number
> return theResult"
> I get 54, 3190 etc.
>
> I tried other things like:
> "set theResult to theResult as integer"
> "set theResult to theResult/1"
> "set theResult to theResult div 1"
> "set theResult to theResult - 0"
>
> in any case I get the same error as above and either the "integer, 1, 0"
> highlighted, adding the "return theResult" will return the expected value.
>
> Any ideas out there, why this happens?
>
It looks like you are getting a list back from what ever the prior
command is. An empty list at that. Could it be that there is no data
in the XML?
-Mark
Just because nothing is false, it doesn't mean that anything is true.
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