So I can't output a string's length to a string?

timehacker11 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:41 pm **Posts:** 37

if textfield1.text.len = 0 then
MsgBox "no string detected"
else
dim a as string = textfield1.text
msgbox "length: " + a.len

In just about any other language you can:

if string.length = 0 then
alert here
else
string1.text = string.length.tostring
end if.

shaosean · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:25 pm **Posts:** 293

if textfield1.text.len = 0 then
  MsgBox "no string detected"
else
  dim a as string = textfield1.text
  msgbox "length: " + str(a.len) ' you need the str()
end if

timehacker11 · **Joined:** Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:41 pm **Posts:** 37

shaosean wrote:

if textfield1.text.len = 0 then
  MsgBox "no string detected"
else
  dim a as string = textfield1.text
  msgbox "length: " + str(a.len) ' you need the str()
end if

Thanks.

This is my major complaint about the language; it isn't Englishifide as much as VB.NET or other languages for that matter.

I only wish the Xojo language was a carbon copy of VB.NET, at least English wise.

shaosean · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:25 pm **Posts:** 293

I use xtalk languages a lot and am used to the more verbose English-like syntax ;-)

put the number of characters in the text of field "textfield1"

Paul Lefebvre · **Posted:** Fri May 17, 2013 1:50 pm

If you want to use ToString on an Integer variable, you can just create your own extension method to do so.

On a module, add this global method:

Function ToString(Extends i As Integer) As String
  Return Str(i)
End Function

Then you can write code like this anywhere in your project:

Dim i As Integer = 42
MsgBox(i.ToString)

taylor-design · **Posted:** Fri May 17, 2013 5:03 pm

Personally I despise the "English like" syntax of languages like xtalk or AppleScript. Computers are not to the point of being able to understand the infinite variations humans use to construct the same message. "Natural language" systems usually end up being more demanding in terms of syntax because it's not clear, at a glance, which combinations will work and which will not or why. On top of that they are needlessly verbose.

The .NET languages are not "Englishified" in this manner. But they do automatically coerce types when and where they can. I have mixed feelings about this because in theory a strict language like RB catches more errors at compile time. And I can think of examples where automatic type coercion could lead to very subtle and painful bugs. But in practice I find that I prefer the language to do this work for me where it can, and I haven't run into those painful bugs (yet).

Types involve more work in RB. On the flip side, the .NET framework is often excessively complex and deep, with too many nested objects and long .Method call chains. The RB framework is nice and compact in comparison.

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