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An algo for making messy random strings.

by Steve Hutchesson

The algo is to produce random string data to be used with Windows Class names or the strings for private messages. It is primarily to make this data impossible...
- Channel: Source Code Library
Today, 03:46 AM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan
Or going right back to the OP's IF statements
'
Code:
```
FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    LOCAL s AS STRING
    s= "76543.55"
```
...
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Today, 01:23 AM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan
OK, one more just for fun:
Code:
```
?  IIF$(x>= 99999.99,"Too large",IIF$(x>=80000,"Z2",IIF$(x>=70000,"Z1",
```
...
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Today, 12:57 AM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan

Yet another way to kill the cat

(But personally, I still find CASE more clearly laid out and easier to analyse when debugging )...
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Today, 12:48 AM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Mike Doty
Code:
```
 ? SWITCH$(x>= 99999.99,"Too large",x>=80000,"Z2",x>=70000,"Z1",x>=40000,"Y2",x>30000,"Y1",x>=28000,"X",x<28000,"Below
```
...
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Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan

Yep, I've edited my previous code to allow for decimal digits...
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Yesterday, 10:18 PM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Dale Yarker

Oh yeah!

Between us we got it covered. I used CURRENCYX which he didn't mention in post 1.

Cheers,...
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Yesterday, 10:14 PM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan

No need for CB.CTL because it's a CONTROL CALLBACK, not A DIALOG CALLBACK

That said see my latest post above ...
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
Reply to check a number with a series of more than and less than code?

by Stuart McLachlan
Simple demo of making TEXTINFO a separate function that you can do anything with

'
Code:
```
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
FUNCTION PBMAIN
```
...
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