Testing for numerics

Mark Smith mark at maseurope.net
Mon Oct 2 11:27:12 EDT 2006


True. So we have <if fld "someTextField" is an integer>, and we can  
always test for > 0, >=0, etc. as required.

Best,

Mark

On 2 Oct 2006, at 16:08, Rob Cozens wrote:

> Francis, Mark, et al:
>
>>  > Is this the right way to check for numerics, and if
>>>  so, what have I done wrong ?
>>
>> Try
>>
>> if field "MyTextField" is a number
>
> This is fine if signed and decimal input is allowed; but isn't an  
> adequate check for numerics that must be positive or integers only.
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