Zugg Software :: View topic - 3.22 lists - certain strings treated automatically as numbers

Apprentice Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 121

(this is a minor bug for me at least, and I don't mind if you put it at the bottom of your list)

1)its not possible to add strings of type "0005" to a list
(strings that are like numbers but have leading zeros)

not even doing %additem or #additem with %string("0005") or %concat("0005") works, it ends up treating it as a number and removing the leading zeros

2)related, #additem adds duplicates if you do something like this:

#additem tmptmp %string(06)

hit this a few times to see it adding duplicates:
#additem tmptmp %string("06");#echo @tmptmp

I believe this is because it checks the actual "06" is a member, and finds it doesn't exist, but then it adds it incorrectly as %number(%string("06"))

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:11 pm

Looks like a bug in the %string command. If you just do this:

#ADDITEM list "0005"
#SHOW @list.1

then it works fine.

Apprentice Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 121

Not just with numbers, I think this might be a different bug:

With %additem also, unless %string is used by %additem internally:

check out this behavior:

#unvar list;#show %additem("a",list);#show %additem("a",list);#show %additem("a",list)

produces:

Variable list removed.
a
a|a
a|a|a

%additem is modifying the list variable even though it is not supposed to (at least according to manual its not supposed to)

I don't know when this behavior appeared, because I rarely ever use %additem

Magician Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 364 Location: USA

This is actually a new feature. When you pass %additem a variable, but do not stick a @ on it, then you are telling cmud to pass by reference, thus modifying it. If you do not want it to be modified you use %additem( item, @list), instead.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Hrm, some how the manual says something different now. Laughing

Thanks for the reminder to change it.

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:51 pm

Keep in mind that the help files are not modified for features in a Beta version until shortly before the Public version. So the manual really only applies to the 2.37 public version and not the 3.x beta.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I have been away for too long, and am forgetting all the rules. Made myself some notes to fix all the other changed functions, and readjusted %additem.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:14 pm