Geoff.
I could be misRemembering, possibly even in an earlier life (HC), that variable typing was done by the interpreter at runtime, or in HC 2, at compile time. Maybe this was changed in LC? Someone here must know... Craig -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 9:10 pm Subject: Re: Trying a custom handler for several math fields (We agree on all your other points) I remember reading many years ago on this mailing list that if you assign a number to a variable: put 52 into x LC stores that variable as a number from the get-go and only converts it to a string if needed. Sent from my iPad On Sep 14, 2013, at 9:22 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > If you add a number to "50", it is then that the engine types the string as a number. _______________________________________________ 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
