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RE: setText and integers - further clarification requested

• Posted by Mark Moran <mdmoran at kpmg.ca> Jul 30, 2002
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WooHoo! (ahem, sorry :)

Awesome, I believe that's exactly what I need.  Thanks Jonas!

Can I also then use sprintf() to put transfer an integer value to a 
sequence?

For example:
  integer x
  sequence y
  x = 1234
  y = sprintf( "%d" , x )

-- will "y" now be {"1234"} ?

Thanks for the help Jonas!

Mark.


Jonas  Temple wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> First of all, welcome to the community!
> 
> What I think you're looking for is sprintf, which formats an integer 
> into a sequence of characters.  The syntax is the same as printf but 
> does not output to the console.  For example:
> 
> setText(MyTextEdit, sprintf("%d", some_number))
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jonas
> Mark Moran wrote:
> > Hiya folks
> > 
> > I'm quite new to Euphoria (and am lovin' it more and more every day), 
> > and am having a bit of a challenge with something.
> > 
> > As part of my monitoring/debugging process with an Internet 
> > client/server set of programs that I'm developing, I want to see key 
> > variables at selected points in the execution.
> > 
> > It's a win32 program (using win32lib and eulibnet includes).
> > 
> > So here's my challenge.  When I try to show the values of integer 
> > variables with setText(), they usually show non-printable characters.  
> > This is leading me to believe that setText is meant to only be used with 
> > 
> > 
> > sequences, and that integers will be shown as their ascii equivalents, 
> > which isn't what I want.
> > 
> > For example,
> > -- where x=1
> > setText ( StatusBar , "The value of x =" &x )
> > -- in the StatusBar, a block (which I'm guessing is ascii(1)) shows 
> > after the "=" sign.
> > 
> > To get around this, I've been using 'printf', but I don't want these in 
> > a separate console window.  Plus I'll be showing some key variables to 
> > users during execution as well (such as number of connected clients, 
> > etc.), so it'd be nice to know how to use setText with integer variables 
> > 
> > 
> > (and atoms too, I suppose).
> > 
> > Any help for this neophyte?
> > 
> > Thanks folks.
> > 
> > Mark.
> > 
> >