Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to fail. When I use a tool like wsstudio2 and copy and paste the long version, it works fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to 1.79769313486232e+308? Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max out:). Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice interface requires Int64. If i cast the number i get from the service to a string, my string reads 1e+21 Any ideas? JC On 11/6/06, Chris Benjaminsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to fail. When I use a tool like wsstudio2 and copy and paste the long version, it works fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
That may be true, but flash and any other program is still limited by the IEEE floating point specs double precision limits. Flash cannot internally represent 21 digits without resorting to scientific notation. If you add a stray '1' to your 21 digit number as the least significant digit you'll find that the number is not changed. i.e. var number1 = 10; var number2 = 11; trace(number1 == number2); // traces 'true' depending on how you're communicating with the server, you may have to stream it in as binary data and write your own 'bigint' (like java) class to parse it, or use a server side script to parse it into a string format for flash. Jonathan On 11/6/06, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to 1.79769313486232e+308? Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max out:). Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice interface requires Int64. If i cast the number i get from the service to a string, my string reads 1e+21 Any ideas? JC On 11/6/06, Chris Benjaminsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to fail. When I use a tool like wsstudio2 and copy and paste the long version, it works fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to Don't believe everything you read in the help docs. ;) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
oops... i forgot to mention (and the above would be confusing without), 21 digits exceeds the maximum representable in 32 bits afterwhich flash resorts to floating point. (flash doesnt support int64 apparently, otherwise you'd have no problems) On 11/6/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to Don't believe everything you read in the help docs. ;) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organizational Effectiveness ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
AS3.0 has Number.toFixed(): http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/Number.html#toFixed() Of course, that probably doesn't help you ― Mike Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to 1.79769313486232e+308? Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max out:). Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice interface requires Int64. If i cast the number i get from the service to a string, my string reads 1e+21 Any ideas? JC On 11/6/06, Chris Benjaminsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to fail. When I use a tool like wsstudio2 and copy and paste the long version, it works fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation
Hi, thanks all, so lemme get this straight, there is no way im gonna be able to provide a very large 64bit integer to a webservice. That's not good:). Ok well maybe i can get the developer to return/accept 2 32bit parts then. *twiddling thumbs* Thanks again! JC On 11/6/06, Mike Keesey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS3.0 has Number.toFixed(): http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/Number.html#toFixed() Of course, that probably doesn't help you ― Mike Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Wichman Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:42 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] preventing scientific notation Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. According to the manual flash should be able to handle numbers up to 1.79769313486232e+308? Mine is 1e+21 so it seems i should have a little way to go before i max out:). Threading the number as a string isnt possible, since the webservice interface requires Int64. If i cast the number i get from the service to a string, my string reads 1e+21 Any ideas? JC On 11/6/06, Chris Benjaminsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hans The numbers you are trying to store are way to large for Flash to handle as a number. If you however just thread the numbers as strings it should work perfectly. /Chris Hans Wichman wrote: Hi list, i need to talk to webservices which pass me back very large db id's, which im using again to request more info. However when i do (for example): var b:Number = 10; trace (b); it prints 1e+21 Now when I use this value as an argument to this webservice it seems to fail. When I use a tool like wsstudio2 and copy and paste the long version, it works fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? greetz JC ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
