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Re: String to real conversion question

Subject: Re: String to real conversion question
From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 11:30:27 -0400

I can't reproduce this behavior. I get z=1.0 every time.

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Bert Groeneveld <email@hidden> wrote:

-- value x and y are always strings (please assume they are always coercable to real).

set x to "0.25" -- string

--set x to x as number -- z still outputs 100
--set x to x as real -- z still outputs 100
set y to "4" -- string

set z to x * y -- how can I output z = 1 here, instead of z = 100?

—

Bert.

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