Re: Setting Variables

On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 07:13 PM, Peter Harrison wrote:

> Have a interesting problem:
>
> If I do something like :
>
> #set( $foo = $bar / 52 )
> $foo
>
> where $bar is some Float set in the context (say 52), then I get
> $foo - ie it isn't replaced.
>
> However, if I do this:
>
> #set( $foo = 0 )
> #set( $foo = $bar /52 )
> $foo
>
> Then the result is:
> 1
>
> Which is correct. Question is why do I need to set $foo to zero before 
> doing
> the second set for it to work?

First, right now the vel you are using doesn't support floats.  It will 
soon on a test basis :)

I'm actually surprised that you get a value of 1, rather than 0 in the 
output.  Are you sure?
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