Inconsistent STR() evaluation when decimal not specified

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RolWil
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Inconsistent STR() evaluation when decimal not specified

Post by RolWil »

Hello everyone;
I believe the STR() function in XSharp yields different results from Clipper when the decimal is not coded (which, although legit is certainly lazy
coding ...) and SET DECIMAL and / or SET FIXED have not been specified:



Harbour Clipper:

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Str(123.456,10)    -> "       123"
Str(123.456,10,0)  -> "       123"
XSharp – Harbour)

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Str(123.456,10)    -> "    123.46"
Str(123.456,10,0)  -> "       123"
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Chris
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Inconsistent STR() evaluation when decimal not specified

Post by Chris »

Hi Roland,

So, if you set in the beginning of the app

SetDecimal(0)

does it now yield the expected results for Harbour? If yes, I think we can make it automatically execute this setting for the Harbour dialect (the current behavior is compatible to Visual Objects)
Chris Pyrgas

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RolWil
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Inconsistent STR() evaluation when decimal not specified

Post by RolWil »

Hi Chris,

yes, when I had added SetDecimal(0), all worked fine.

Interesting that the default behavior between Clipper and VO was different.

Cheers.
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