Re: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types

2008-09-13 Thread Steve Kapinos
It's not really - its simply taking a few numbers and trying to add and subtract them. I found that ${position - 3} Which fails due to a data type mismatch.. will work if rewritten as ${convert::to-int(position) - 3} But convert::to-int is marked as depreciated.. and says Function convert::to

Re: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types

2008-09-13 Thread Ron Grabowski
It looks like you're doing some serious manipulation...can you just make your own custom task to do these operations? - Original Message From: Steve Kapinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:23:07 PM Subject: Re: [NAnt-users]

Re: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types

2008-09-13 Thread Steve Kapinos
I can simplify this even more.. I have this ${position} This outputs 135 for the echo But when I try ${position - 3} It considers position a string, not an int. Without the outside ${ } its not an expression. How do I reference the property 'position' here to subtract 3 fro

[NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types

2008-09-13 Thread Steve Kapinos
Ok, I'm trying to do some simple expressions to manipulate some values, but I'm not having luck nesting expressions. Specifically, I can not figure out how to use a function as a argument to another function. This means I have to use incremental steps and assign the value to a property, then refer