On 4/5/2017 7:42 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote: > On 4/5/17 5:48 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> Jacque wrote: >> >>> HyperCard distinguished between "#" and "0" and produced different >>> results. It sounds like LC doesn't? >> >> Confirmed - running this script in v9dp6 and again all the way back in >> v6.0: >> >> on mouseUp >> set the numberformat to "###.###" >> put 2.5 + 2.5 into x >> set the numberformat to "000.000" >> put 2.5 + 2.5 into y >> put x &cr& y >> end mouseUp >> >> ...I get: >> >> 005.000 >> 005.000
NumberFormat on applies when the number is output or forced to convert to a string (for example when doing string concatenation). The variant script below: on mouseUp set the numberformat to "###.###" put 2.5 + 2.5 into x put x & cr after msg set the numberformat to "000.000" put 2.5 + 2.5 into y put y &cr after msg end mouseUp results in: 005 005.000 In the message box. Just another data point for the discussion. _______________________________________________ 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
