Hi Mark, > Am 10.09.2022 um 08:55 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > On 2022-09-09 11:40, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi Panos, >>> Am 09.09.2022 um 12:27 schrieb panagiotis m via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> Hello Klaus, >>> I guess what happens here is that if you fetch item X of line Y and use it >>> directly, LC treats it as a number and displays it in scientific notation. >> obviously! > > Panos isn't correct here... > None of the code you posted would cause a string to be converted to a number > - the engine only does that when you pass a string to something which expects > a number (and returns one). > Specifically the 'item' chunk is a string chunk - it just manipulates fetches > or stores sequences of characters into other sequences of characters. > So the problem you are having is elsewhere - and not in the code which > reorders the strings of the lines you have imported. > It is either happening when you import the data, or when you are displaying > it.
Well, the imported (dropped) file does not contain these strings then I am only setting the text of a field to the collected lines (tNewLine) after the repeat loop: ... put item 9 of tLine into item 6 of tNewLine ... > Indeed, LCS doesn't use scientific notation when converting numbers to > strings implicitly - you need to use `format()` to get numbers in that string > form. Hm, the debugger also has this problem and the bug does not seem to be fixed yet: <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17533> <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20731> OK, anyway, do you have a hint on how to debug this with my 60000 lines file? I checked the "item 9" (see above) and even "item 6 of tNewLine" after the line above for scientific notation, no dice, I can only see this behavior in the field after I filled in the new data? Will keep on exploring... > However, LCB *does* use scientific format when converting numbers to strings > (currently at least - we've got an item on the todo list to improve that > behavior). For example, the variable viewer in the SE is a treeview widget, > so if a variable holds a number that will display in scientific notation if > it has above a certain number of significant digits. Thanks for chiming in! > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www.major-k.de/bass kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
