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- Subject: Inconsistent behaviour when converting strings to numbers
- From: Marc Balmer <marc@...>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:27:14 +0100
When a string is converted to a number using coercion, it is converted to a floating point number, even if it does not contain a decimal point. When the tonumber() function is used, a string without decimal point is converted to an integer:
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> a = 0
> a = 0 + '1'
> = a
1.0
> = tonumber('1')
1
Is this beviour intended? (and if yes, why?)
