Re: abs bug?
Re: abs bug?
- Subject: Re: abs bug?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:39:58 -0800
On 11/29/03 9:04 AM, "Robert Poland" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Nov 29, 2003, at 9:25 AM, Robert Poland wrote:
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>> Is this a bug? From Satimage Dictionary.
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>> set x to -44
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>> abs x
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>> x
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>> --> -44
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> Robert,
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> Try
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> set x to -44
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> set x to abs x
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> x
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> that should reveal 44 as the answer. Also, if you removed the last
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> line (x) of your code, it should display 44.
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> --
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> Chris Garaffa
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> email@hidden
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Thanks Chris,
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After I thought about it it was obvious. Should have realized that
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the dictionary was misleading me.
How was the dictionary misleading you? It's just standard AppleScript (or
any language) logic, which you were getting wrong. What did the dictionary
have to do with it?
--
Paul Berkowitz
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