Handler behaving oddly

[Scott Morrow]

Ian,
Hmm... It worked fine on my end.
-Scott Morrow

On Jul 19, 2006, at 1:36 AM, Ian McKnight wrote:

> Hi
>
> The handler below is designed to check that a value is within a  
> certain range.
> If it is outside the range it displays the word ERROR and stops
> otherwise it displays the first 10 characters in the value.
>
> The handler behaves oddly.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian McKnight
>
> ===============================================
>
> function checksize theAns
>  -- check if too big or too small
>  if (theAns > 10^8 -1) or (theAns < 10^(-8))
>  then
>    put "Error" into fld "Display"
>    exit to top
>  else
>    set the numberformat to "0.########" -- maximum 8 places of  
> decimals
>    return (char 1 to 10 of theAns ) -- show 10 sig figs truncated
>  end if
> end checksize
>
> ===============================================