On 29 Nov 2014, at 14:04, François Van Emelen <francois.vaneme...@telenet.be> wrote:
> Hi all, > > (Is there still someone listening here?) > > Three questions > > 1. Can someone tell me why the values printed for PARTYP and PARUSE in lines > 240 to 350 are always 2? > Is there something wrong with these functions or am I missing something? > > 100 :REMark test return values of par_use,par_typ,parnam$ > 110 REMark string > 120 pay$="Belgium" > 130 REMark array > 140 DIM > langue$(2,10):langue$(0)="Dutch":langue$(1)="French":langue$(2)="German": > 150 REMark float > 160 keyboardcode=32 > 170 REMark integer > 180 a%=1 > 190 PRINT TEST_PARAM(pay$,langue$,keyboardcode,a%):PAUSE > 200 : > 210 DEFine FuNction TEST_PARAM (p$,l$,k,i%) > 220 : > 230 : > 240 PRINT PARNAM$(1) :REMark prints 'pay$' as expected > 250 PRINT PARTYP(1) :REMark prints 2 :shouldn't that be 1 ->string PRINT PARTYP(pay$) will give the answer 1 > 260 PRINT PARUSE(1) :REMark prints 2 :shouldn't that be 1 ->variable PARUSE like PARTYP is a function taking the name of the parameter of the procedure or function as its own parameter. I have not been able so far in testing this to find a value other than 2. How odd (or even rather). > 270 PRINT PARNAM$(2) :REMark prints 'langue$' as expected > 280 PRINT PARTYP(2) :REMark prints 2 :shouldn't that be 1 ->string > 290 PRINT PARUSE(2) :REMark prints 2 :shouldn't that be 2 ->langue$ is an > array > 300 PRINT PARNAM$(3) :REMark prints 'keyboardcode' as lexpected > 310 PRINT PARTYP(3) :REMark prints 2: correct -> keyboardcode is a float > 320 PRINT PARUSE(3) :REMark prints 2::shouldn'tthat be be 1 ->string > 330 PRINT PARNAM$(4) :REMark prints 'a%' as expected > 340 PRINT PARTYP(4) : REMark prints 2 :shouldn't that be be 3 -> a% is an > integer > 350 PRINT PARUSE(4) : REMark prints 2 :shouldn't be be 1 ->variable > 360 REMark the values for partyp and paruse are always 2:why? > 370 RETurn "What's wrong?": > 380 REMark the returned value is not important here > 390 : > 400 END DEFine TEST_PARAM > 2. Is there a way to find out how many languages are supported > (English,French,..)? > 3. Once we know which language is active (with language($), can we access the > strings containing the days of the week > and the string with the names of the months? > > Some help would be appreciated. > François Van Emelen > > George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
