outNum = finalResult & '%' & is the concatenation operator in CF (yeah, i know...it can be annoying) :)
charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: UDF question -- make num a string > I'm trying to do a little UDF to convert something like .77809 to 78% > > If I do something like: > > outNum=finalResult + '%'; > > I get an error that says "cannot convert % to a number" ... > > well, I don't want it to be a num. I want it to be a string. I can't find a > way to get a string output in the return. > > H. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Howard Owens > Internet Operations Coordinator > InsideVC.com/Ventura County Star > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: GoCatGo1956 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
