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Re: stripping an extra character from a text item
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Re: stripping an extra character from a text item

  • Subject: Re: stripping an extra character from a text item
  • From: Mark Butcher <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:22:02 -0800
Robert

Try:

set extraSpace to "87.54 "
(word 1 of extraSpace) as real

--> 87.54

If I use number instead of real, I get an execution error:

--> Can't make "87.54" into a number.

I don't understand why.

MarkB

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