you should/could just check for its existence and numeric properties
if
isDefined("a") and isNumeric(a)
else
cfset a = "0"
..tony
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Just to Report Bug in MX
Shahzad.Butt wrote:
>
> <CFSet a = "0">
> <cfoutput>#LSCurrencyFormat(a, "local")#</cfoutput>
> WORKS
>
> but
>
> <CFSet a = "">
> <cfoutput>#LSCurrencyFormat(a, "local")#</cfoutput>
> Doesn' WORK.
CFML Reference: LSCurrencyFormat
LSCurrencyFormat(number [, type ])
Considering an empty string is not a number, I am not surprised and
would not call it a bug.
Jochem
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