Re: print("-5.3e - 10"*"2") doesnt work :/

["Zachary P. Landau" <kapheine@...>]

On 4/27/06, Oldrich Svec <oldrich.svec@centrum.cz> wrote:
> Here (http://www.lua.org/pil/2.4.html) you can find an example of using
> strings (print("-5.3e - 10"*"2")) but it doesn't work(attempt to perform
> arithmetic on a string value)... I use Lua 5.1.
> Generaly I want to use it to calculate strings (fe. "5+1+4" =>
> print("5+1+4"+"0") should give 10 but it doesnt work.. :(

In this case, "-5.3e - 10" isn't recognized as a number.  Try
"-5.3e-10"*"2", which is recognized as a number.

"5+1+4"+"0" doesn't work because "5+1+4" is not a number. You would
have to do print("5"+"1"+"4"+"0") instead.

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Zachary P. Landau <kapheine@gmail.com>