Ready for it? ColdFusion is a typeless language! This means you don't have worry about whether it is a string or not. In fact both numbers and strings (among others) are all stored as a java.lang.String on the back end. When you go to perform a numeric operation on a variable, ColdFusion casts it for you.
Your code below will work fine. ~Brad -------- Original Message -------- Subject: adding a deciamal point in front of a number From: j s <[email protected]> Date: Fri, August 28, 2009 4:05 pm To: cf-talk <[email protected]> What would be the best way to add a decimal point in front of number, say 20 to .20? <cfset myNum = "20"> <cfset newNum = "." & myNum> <cfoutput>#newNum#</cfoutput> Is this ok? If I need to do calculations will I have issues with newNum because it's a string? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325840 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
