DIM Bug ??

[redcrab]

If I have

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dim x,y as integer
x = 10
y = 11

it compiles
but

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dim x,y as String
x = "hello"
y="byebye"

it doesn't compile saying : error 26 invalid data type on ' x = "helo" '

Do i miss something ?

[voodooattack]

you have to do:

dim x as string, y as string

in your code, the 1st variable is missing the 'as' part, so the compiler assumes its the default data type, which is integer in FB (or at least numerical, as i guess)

your code would work in VB, since it has a default data type (variant) that can encapsulate all other types..

:)

[Stormy]

An alternative is:

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DIM AS STRING x, y

and both vars will be strings...

[axipher]

Or you could something like this:

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dim as string x,y
x = "hello "
y = "world!"
print x;y
sleep

Declare the data type first then your variables. I tried it and it works.

[redcrab]

Thanks
that was the coding tips i'm looking for .

I'm sometime bored to make multiple "dim as" for the same data type,
I'm quite lazy on the keyboard and clipboard :D

[axipher]

I use to dim each variable seperately and didn't know about : so I'd do this:

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dim x as string
dim y as string
dim n as integer
...

That was painful, then I learnt about : so I was going:

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dim x as string:dim y as string:dim n as integer:...

Then I figured out what I told you by pasting

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dim  as string

As a neutral line then I just fill in what I need to and put the variable after it but forgot to comment them and ran it and it worked.
lol, got to love it when something works out when you least expect it.