Re: TIB: Variable to String

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Subject: Re: TIB: Variable to String
From: "Bryan Rabeler" <rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:19:24 -0600
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Right, that command would simply store the string value of whatever is in y1 to
the string.  Even if you had y1=X it would store 'X' in Str1, not the value of
X.

Bryan

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>
> Well, if you find out, do tell me.  I'd love to know.  But I really don't
> think there's a way.  I'm sitting here looking through the commands in my
> manual and I don't see any command or combination of commands that would do
> the trick.  The closest thing I see is the Eqn>String command, which will
> convert a Y-Var to a string, but I'm almost certain that that wouldn't work.
> It seems like there _should_ be a way, because it seems like it would be just
> as easy to convert a value to a string as it would to convert a string to a
> value (ala the expr command), but I'm not seeing it.  If somebody does,
> please fill me in.  It would help cut out a substantial number of If/Thens in
> a couple of my programs...
>
> Eric Tollefson
> Cmdr ERT01@aol.com
>
>

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