I expect someone else has already told you (I'm still catching up on my mail for today) but format number will not do what you want. Get rid of that line altogether and modify the previous line to be:
numlines = int(linelenghth/80) Andy >From: "Geoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk@yahoogroups.com >To: AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk] Format Number >Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:17:13 -0000 > >Hey everyone. I'm just starting out in the world of ASP, and I have a >very basic question. Can anyone tell me why when I run the following >code in a script: > >if linelength > 80 then > numlines = linelength/80 > formatnumber(numlines,0) 'removes trailing decimals > response.write(line) > response.write "<br>" > toAdd = (numlines+1)*80 > char=char+toAdd >end if > >I am met with the error "Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A0414) >Cannot use parentheses when calling a Sub" > >If I comment out the formatnumber(numlines,0) and add >response.write(numlines) to see what is being stored in the variable, >I get a normal value of 3.275, all ready to be formatted. I'd really >appreciate any help. Thanks a lot >-Geoff _________________________________________________________________ Free blogging with MSN Spaces http://spaces.msn.com/?mkt=nl-be ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hser1f0/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006764:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123090289/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
