Function deprecated but not always

[Peter_de_Groot]

Hi all,

I have method in which I use utils.numberFormat() function but on some line I get a deprecated indicator and on other lines the function is accepted

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The value used on line 152 is a variable, the values on the lines 166,167 etc. are columns from a foundset.
Is utils.numberFormat() deprecated for variables only or is the a bug/feature?

Regards,

Peter

[patrick]

In older versions of Servoy the format functions could be called with either date/number or string, where in the string option they actually performed a parse. Now it is changed to what it really says: format a number or date, so only numbers or dates are accepted. So I guess in your code the compiler does not know that $numDiff is a number.

[Peter_de_Groot]

Hello Patrick,

A few lines up in the code (i forgot to capture) I do $numDiff = 0;

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Regards,

Peter

[patrick]

This

var test = 0;
var testFormatted = utils.numberFormat(test, "####");

doesn’t give me any warnings, so somehow in your code you do something that let’s the “compiler” think it’s not a number.

[j.boonstra]

My guess is that you use the same variable ‘$numDiff’ for the result which is a string, so the “compiler” thinks at that time $numDiff is a string and gives the warning.

[Harjo]

yes Jeroen is right, you have to be aware that the result of numberFormat is always String!

Servoy warns you, that you change from Number to String.

[Peter_de_Groot]

Will investigate where it’s turned into a string.

Thanks for replying,

Peter

[Harjo]

Here your change into a string!

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[Peter_de_Groot]

Harjo:
Here your change into a string!

Hi Harjo,

I don’t think so, the columns used are defined like so
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and before running the for loop I do $numDiff=0 , but I’m still investigating.

Regards,
Peter

[Harjo]

The result of numberFormat is always string!!

[Peter_de_Groot]

Harjo:
The result of numberFormat is always string!!

The " the quarter is now pas falling "

Thanks Patrick, Jeroen, Harjo (sorry for wasting your time on this non-issue)

topic can be closed.

Regards,

Peter