Nope. The "numberFormat" property is perfectly happy with quotes around its formatExpression. It is also perfectly happy without it. But I always use quotes for things like this.
Craig -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Guay via use-livecode Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 5:25 PM To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> Cc: Roger Guay <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Getting a real number from scientific notation That works. Thanks, Klaus! Roger > On Nov 23, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > you forgot + 0 :-) > > on MouseUp > set the numberformat to 0 # NO quotes around this 0 or LC gives an > error put 4.21911e+11 + 0 End mouseUp > > -> 421911000000 > >> Am 23.11.2020 um 22:50 schrieb Roger Guay via use-livecode >> <[email protected]>: >> on MouseUp >> set the numberformat to “0" >> put 4.21911e+11 >> End mouseUp >> puts 4.21911e+11 into msg box >> What am I missing? >> >> Roger > > Best > > Klaus > > -- > Klaus Major > https://www.major-k.de > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
