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Re: Exponential notation [was: Re: How to calculate/process thi
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Re: Exponential notation [was: Re: How to calculate/process thi


  • Subject: Re: Exponential notation [was: Re: How to calculate/process thi
  • From: Arthur J Knapp <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:15:36 -0400

> Subject: Re: Exponential notation [was: Re: How to calculate/process thi
> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:30:15 +0100
> From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>

>> Arthur J Knapp wrote:
>>> I would strongly recomend that you steal, oh, er, I mean *borrow* the
>>> very robust numToStr() handler from ScriptBuilders:

> has wrote on Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:03:27 +0100:
>> "Robust"? Bah...
>>
>> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "foo"
>> numToStr(1)
>> --> "1foofoo"


> Thank you for pointing out that my handler will produce an incorrect
> result if the TID's have been deliberately set to (or stupidly left in)
> an incorrect state beforehand. This doesn't happen with the update I'm
> currently considering, so I'll get it out as soon as possible.

> ... (Does
> anyone know of a test to see if the computer's actually switched on?)

;-)

This reminds me of a frequent question that beginning JavaScripters
often ask. Because there is a command to discover if a browser has
Java enabled, they often want to know if there is a similar command
to discover if JavaScript is enabled.

;-)


{ Arthur J. Knapp, of <http://www.STELLARViSIONs.com>
<mailto:email@hidden>
try
<http://www.esglabs.com/>
on error number -128
end try
}
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