ph:
1. you should be assigning the pos as "55.841234" (because it is a string)
2. the note for the valpos will drop the last two digits, but still store
the value 55.841234
3. the difference, if you use the qq in [1] is 0.
When you assign 55.841234 to pos, MB must be using some internal function
and the last two digits are dropped.
hth
-John
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 7:09 AM
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Subject: MI string to value using val
I have a problem converting a string to a value
The problem is that "val" returns a value like 55.8412
The last to digits are lost??
Include "MENU.DEF"
Include "MAPBASIC.DEF"
Include "ICONS.DEF"
dim pos as string
pos=55.841234
dim valpos as float
valpos= val(pos)
note valpos
dim result as float
result = 55.841234 - valpos
note result
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