empty is zero

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Jul 9 19:06:39 EDT 2009


Scott Morrow wrote:
> Hello Mark and Jacque,
> 
> empty + 0 = 0 is true in the message box
> empty = 0  is not true in the message box but the <empty?> parameter in 
> a script does return true  (tParam = 0)
> 
> Rats, I'm obviously not getting something.  Maybe it's more coffee.

I wonder if that has something to do with how the message box has to 
manipulate its contents before evaluating a statement. It may be 
reporting ascii equivalency there. That's just a guess though.

-- 
Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



More information about the use-livecode mailing list