text into a tabstopped field

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Tue Aug 22 11:14:32 EDT 2006


Robert, Richard, Mark, et al:

>  > Seriously though, this should be corrected. I am reminded that in
>  > Foxpro a plus "+" can add two numbers AND concatenate 2 strings.
>
>Try "if x is a number then..." Disambiguation then becomes a simple
>matter of "if both x and y are numbers then add them, otherwise
>concatenate them".

Perhaps Foxpro has stronger variable typing than xTalk.

"123" and "456" are strings AND numbers in Revolution; so would 
"Foxpro syntax" like
	"123" + "456"
resolve to 579 or "123456"?
-- 

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)



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