Hmm, 0 and negatives aren't handled properly either way, starting to think the proposed loop method might be the easiest method.
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepe...@cox.net> wrote: > IN CASE YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH IT, TRY THIS: > > put ?? into theValue > repeat with theValue = theValue+1 to theValue +100 > IF theValue mod 20 = 0 THEN EXIT REPEAT > end repeat > put theValue > > Joe Wilkins > > On Feb 18, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > > > Hi Marty, > > > > Just create a repeat loop that increases or decreases the value by 1 > until it reaches a value where mod 20 of the value = 0; then exit the loop > and your value will be divisible by 20. I'll let you code this. This would > be very fast and quite simple. > > > > Joe Wilkins > > > > On Feb 18, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: > > > >> Let's say I have a numeric field and a button to increase the value and > a button to decrease the value. When I click the increase button, I want it > to increase to the next highest value that is evenly divisible by 20. So if > the field has a value of 19, a click will set the value to 20. If the field > has a value of 121, a click would increase it to 140. > >> > >> I know I could do it by adding (or subtracting in the case of a > decrease) but is there a more elegant and/or faster way to do that? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Marty K > > _______________________________________________ > 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
