[Gambas-user] about IsFloat and IsInteger behaviour...

[Christopher Brian Jack]

On Sat, 13 May 2006, Benoit Minisini wrote:

Isn't there like a CInt() or something when you really need an
integer-typed result?

> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:18:46 +0200
> From: Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> Reply-To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] about IsFloat and IsInteger behaviour...
>
> On Thursday 11 May 2006 15:45, Stefano Palmeri wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > It's a lot of time from my mathematics studies at school, so excuse the
> > stupid question...
> >
> > Please, could someone explain to me this Gambas behaviour?
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > PRINT IsFloat (Int(4 / 2))
> > --> True ?
> >
> > PRINT IsFloat(2)
> > --> False
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > PRINT IsInteger(3.5)
> > --> False
> >
> > PRINT IsInteger(Int(3.5))
> > --> False ?
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any answer.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Stefano Palmeri
> >
> > Gambas 1.0.14
> > Gambas 1.9.28
> >
>
> Because Int() is implemented as always returning a floating point number. The
> IsXXX() functions test the Gambas datatype of an expression, not its real
> type in the real life!
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoit Minisini
>
>
>
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