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Opened 10 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#3042 closed Bug (Fixed)

Number(): Remarks needs rework

Reported by: c.haslam Owned by: Jpm
Milestone: 3.3.13.21 Component: Documentation
Version: 3.3.13.20 Severity: None
Keywords: Cc:

Description

Remarks says: A string beginning with digits has non-numeric characters stripped. I read this to mean that Number('12cat34') returns 1234, but it actually returns 12.

Remarks says Default behavior results in auto-sized integer. But Number() returns floating-point for e.g. Number('12.34').

So I suggest that Remarks be replaced by:

If the expression is a number, a number is returned.

If the expression is a string, Number() scans the string, rightward, starting from the left end, for characters that can constitute a number, starting from the left end. It stops scanning at the first character that cannot be part of a number.

In its scanning, Number() accepts a leading + (or -) sign, but not commas. If the first character cannot be part of number, Number() returns zero.

By default, for expressions that can be evaluated to an integer, Number() returns a type based on the size of the number: a 32-bit integer if the number will fit in a 32-bit integer, else a 64-bit integer.

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comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by Jpm

  • Milestone set to 3.3.13.21
  • Owner set to Jpm
  • Resolution set to Fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

Fixed by revision [11314] in version: 3.3.13.21

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