RE: Integer checks
In a thread on checking integer values, Everett Mills posted a 4GL snippet (LET char_time = in_time USING with four ampersands) and Obnoxio The Clown noted it fails for values above 9999. Ian Michael Gumby suggested formatting an hhmm string and converting it to an integer. The original poster said he combined both ideas.
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@serendipita.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:02 PM > To: Everett Mills > Cc: informix-list > Subject: Re: Integer checks > > Everett Mills wrote: Snip > > > > LET char_time = in_time USING "&&&&" > > > > Will crash if time is greater than 9999 ;o) > > -- > Cheers, > Obnoxio the Clown > > http://obotheclown.blogspot.com > I noticed that right after I hit send. --EEM > > >
On Sep 16, 2:08 pm, "Everett Mills" <eemi...@nationalbeef.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obno...@serendipita.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:02 PM > > To: Everett Mills > > Cc: informix-list > > Subject: Re: Integer checks > > > Everett Mills wrote: > > Snip > > > > > > LET char_time = in_time USING "&&&&" > > > Will crash if time is greater than 9999 ;o) > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Obnoxio the Clown > > >http://obotheclown.blogspot.com > > I noticed that right after I hit send. > > --EEM > > I think the problem is reversed. I think he wants to store the value as an integer and use 4GL as a way to get an appropriate value in. So if your form has a date time (hour to minute) field, and then you take the value, format it in to an "hhmm" string and then convert to an integer, you should be ok. (Assuming that the conversion handles the leading zero.) Now wasn't this question asked and answered earlier?
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > I think the problem is reversed. I think he wants to store the value > as an integer and use 4GL as a way to get an appropriate value in. > Reading is fundamental. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Thanks all, i combined both ideas in the end, much appreciated. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@serendipita.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:02 PM >> To: Everett Mills >> Cc: informix-list >> Subject: Re: Integer checks >> >> Everett Mills wrote: > > Snip > >>> LET char_time = in_time USING "&&&&" >>> >> Will crash if time is greater than 9999 ;o) >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Obnoxio the Clown >> >> http://obotheclown.blogspot.com >> > > I noticed that right after I hit send. > > --EEM >> >> >