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Re: String to real conversion question
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Re: String to real conversion question


  • Subject: Re: String to real conversion question
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 08:43:19 -0700

On May 2, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Bert Groeneveld 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?

When I run your script, I get 1.0 for z.

-- Michelle

-- 
History always complicates things. 


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