I experimented a little further and found that, on my set up, I got the same results as Roger.
I ran this in the multi-line message box: put "version:" && the version & return into tReport put "os:" && the platform & the systemVersion & return after tReport put isNumber(1.884956) & return after tReport put 1.884956 into tVar put "Is tVar a number?" && isNumber(tVar) & return after tReport put 1.884956 into tVar put tVar / 1 into tVar2 put "Is tVar a number?" && isNumber(tVar) & return after tReport put "Is tVar2 a number?" && isNumber(tVar2) & return after tReport put tReport These are the results: version: 7.0.1 os: MacOS10.10.1 true Is tVar a number? true Is tVar a number? false Is tVar2 a number? false It seems dividing the number was sufficient to stop it being one! From playing in the message box, I noticed that dividing 1.12345 by 1 results in a number but dividing 1.123456 doesn’t. If I remove the last digit from Graham’s magic 1.884956, the multiline script works correctly. So it would seem the problem is related to the number of significant digits. (If I change the number to 1.884955, the multiline script still gives incorrect results.) Regards Peter > On 15 Jan 2015, at 09:13, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Roger Guay <i...@mac.com> wrote: > >> >> I get Paul's results when I do it Paul’s way, but I don’t get Graham’s >> results when I do it his way via the message box!! >> > > Same here and I'm on Mavericks. And just to confuse the matter even further: > > put 1.884956 into tVar > put isNumber(tVar) > > put 1.884956 into tVar > put (tVar + 0) > > put value(1.884956+0) > > All three work fine. > > put 1.884956 into tVar > put isNumber(tVar) > put value(tVar + 0) > > does not. > > Graham, definitely one for you to log with the QCC. > _______________________________________________ > 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
