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Re: value()

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 18, 2003
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 02:36:14 +0000, Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk> 
wrote:

>
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:16:47 -0500, Robert Elia
> <bobelia200 at netzero.net> wrote:
>
>>> trying to parse STR, value(STR) is returning {GET_SUCCESS, SOMEVAL}.
>>>
>>> 2) what is the simplest way to get SOMEVAL as returned back from
>>> value() into a character string again? I'll do it if I have to, no
>>> worry, but there just *must* be a better way than puts(fn,SOMEVAL) and
>>> reading it back in again!
>>
>> Regarding point 2): Use x = sprintf( "%d", {SOMEVAL} ).
>
> Sorry, SOMEVAL may be integer, for which the above works fine, or a
> float, for which %g works fine,

Actually, "%g" truncates digits so I never use it anymore.

> but I really should have said it is
> sequences on which I'm stumped. Thanks anyway Bob.

The print() routine might be what you are looking for.

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cheers,
Derek Parnell