Trevor, The following program seems to show that A = "1" does indeed store the value as a string! I also wonder why you would want to know this. I am running UV 10.0.15 on W2K.
ED PGM TEST 1 lines long. ----: p 0001= A = "1" 0002= DEBUG 0003= STOP 0004= END Bottom at line 4. ----: FI "TEST" filed in file "PGM". >BASIC PGM TEST Compiling: Source = 'PGM/TEST', Object = 'PGM.O/TEST' Compilation Complete. >RUN PGM TEST TEST: 3: STOP :: A/ STRING: T r L=1 `1' :: Derek Falkner Kingston, Ontario, Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trevor Ockenden > Sent: March 31, 2004 1:26 AM > To: U2 Users Discussion List > Subject: Re: Data typing in MV Basic > > > Will, I stand corrected on that one. So far in 20 odd years > of programming > in MV I haven't needed to worry about it. > > Now Will raises a terrific question. If A = "1" assigns 1 as > numeric. How > would you determine if A contained a numeric or a string in this case? > > My short answer is - why would I need to know? BUT I'm sure > somebody has a > good answer to that one. > > Cheers > > Trevor Ockenden > Open Systems Professionals -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
