[Gambas-user] Gambas scripting, Type mismatch error.

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*On 17/11/20 15:03, Bruce Steers wrote:*
> Is this a bug in the scripter or bad coding technique on my part?...
> getting a type mismatch error if i do not wrap variables in parentheses?
> doesn't happen like this in normal gambas exe.
> If I use code like the following in a gbs script...
> Dim iVal As Integer = 1
> Print iVal  ' This prints '1'
> Print iVal + 1 ' this prints '2'
> Print "Val = " & iVal  ' this prints 'Val = 1'
> Print "Val = " & iVal + 1
> ' This gives the following error..
> ' MMain.?.0: #6: Type mismatch: wanted Float, got String instead
> Print "Val = " & (iVal + 1)  ' this works and prints 'i = 2'
> Cheers
> BruceS
BruceS,

I guess the problem is ambiguity between the numeric addition / string
concatenation "+" operator and the numeric parameters supplied.
The "&" expects and returns strings, the "+" expects and returns either
numbers or strings.
So you seem to have a string/number salad in

Print "Val = " & iVal + 1

I guess the interpreter sees the "&" and "+" as having the same
priority, so it works left to right:
There's a string ("Val = "), then concatenate a number-coerced-to
-string (iVal), and then, to that result (a string), ADD a number...
That's not possible: TYPE MISMATCH.
When the parenthesis are inserted, they give the "+" numeric operator
priority over the "&" string operator and the numeric result is coerced
to string: It works.

I like clarity (sometimes too much, I confess); I would have used

Print "Val = " & CStr(iVal + 1)

And that should not fail.

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