Small and strange problem

[Tom Glod]

try putting a space between the left and right of the / and see if you
still get it.

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 1:10 PM Paul Hibbert via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> No replies so far, so I had a few minutes spare and tried to recreate this
> problem, but couldn’t. No matter what I put into tMins first, even an empty
> variable still returned 0, so my suggestion would be to wrap the script in
> a try - catch to see what’s going on with the left operand (tMins) during
> the equation, something like:
>
>    try
>       put (tMins/60) into tMins
>    catch tError
>       if tError then answer "An Error Occurred;"  && tError & return &
> "tMins =" && tMins
>    end try
>
> I tried in both versions of LC that you mentioned and saw no problem.
>
> Maybe somebody else will have a better idea.
>
> Paul
>
> > On May 9, 2020, at 07:05, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > I’m using LC 9.6.0 dp4 and 9.5.1 - this issue is seen in both versions.
> >
> > I have a script with a very simple statement:
> >  put (tMins/60) into tMins
> >
> > tMins contains a number, and as expected I get a numeric result, for
> example if tMins is 31, I get 0.516667
> >
> > but ONLY when I step through the script in the IDE. If I let the script
> run, the IDE reports an error:
> >
> >> Execution error (operators /: error in left operand, char 1
> >
> >
> > Either there’s an error or there isn’t. What can be wrong? I suppose as
> usual it’s me, but I am foxed.
> >
> > Graham
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