Re: Second-Time conversion
Re: Second-Time conversion
- Subject: Re: Second-Time conversion
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:11:47 +0100
Graff wrote on Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:46:47 -0400:
>
On Jun 24, 2004, at 11:47 AM, Martin Orpen wrote:
>
> on leadZero(x)
>
> if x is less than 10 then
>
> return "0" & x
>
> else
>
> return x
>
> end if
>
> end leadZero
>
One thing you might want to change is the second return in the leadZero
>
handler. The way it is now you either return a string or a number,
>
depending on whether or not the number is less than 10. If you change
>
the second return to this then it will always return a string:
>
>
return "" & x
>
>
What you have right now works simply because you later coerce the
>
returned value to a string, so it doesn't matter if it is a string or a
>
number. If you put the coercion into the handler in the first place
>
you cut down the chances of a bug down the road.
Just to point out that the "coercion" here is actually a concatenation -
which involves the automatic coercion of x to string first, then the
concatenation of the result to "". It's a popular scripting style, but a
straight "coercion" would properly be:
return x as string
NG
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.