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Re: Error trap if item cannot be made into an integer?
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Re: Error trap if item cannot be made into an integer?


  • Subject: Re: Error trap if item cannot be made into an integer?
  • From: "Donald S. Hall" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:08:51 -0700

> I'm looping through items in a list and I want to skip the item if the item
> name can't be made into an integer. What's the syntax to trap the "Can't
> make into an integer" error?


Try this:

if isInteger(someItem) then
-- do your thing with someItem
else
-- do whatever if it's not an integer
end if

on isInteger(anItem)
try
anItem as integer
return true
on error
return false
end try
end isInteger

Hope this helps,

Don
--
Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
http://www.theboss.net/appsmore
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