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@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@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 > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Tom Glod Founder & Developer MakeShyft R.D.A (www.makeshyft.com) Mobile:647.562.9411 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
