Re: Implicit coercion of real to integer

["Nathan Warden" <natha1 at hotmail dot com>]

I'll second that.

Yep!  It is like that in every language I've ever used (C/C++, Future Basic, JAVA, and of course, RB).  Converting a double to an integer will NEVER be rounded.  The decimal value will ALWAYS just be dropped off the end.

Nathan Warden

>From: "Joseph J. Strout"

>Reply-To: "REALbasic Network Users Group"

>To: "REALbasic Network Users Group"

>Subject: Re: Implicit coercion of real to integer

>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:08:16 -0600

>

>At 1:57 PM -0800 2/19/04, Stuart Malin wrote:

>

>>Using 5.2.4, Rb coerces a real to a string by truncation.

>>

>> Dim i As integer

>> i = 111.789  // yields 111

>

>That's coercing a real to an integer, not a string, but yes.

>

>>Is this documented (i.e., can be relied upon to remain this way in

>>the future)

>

>Yes.

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