RE: MI Problem with data types

[Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd.]

Hello Jacques,

The problem you have observed is due to these lines:

> dim a as string
> a=123.45678

You're asking MI/MB to perform an implicit cast and this seems to be the
cause of the decimal rounding. Replacing the assignment with a more
type-friendly form...

> a="123.45678"

... solves the problem.

I rarely rely on implicit type casting in any language these days as
something always comes back to bite you. [Fond memories of date<->string
conversions in MB].

Giorgio's original post is probably just due to rounding using the "print"
command, and as you have shown, the use of format$() to request a particular
number of decimal places solves that problem.

Regards,
Warren Vick
Europa Technologies Ltd, U.K.
http://www.europa-tech.comt

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