Article ID: 25993
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
This article was previously published under Q25993
SUMMARY
A "Type Mismatch" error occurs for the PRINT VAL("100.0 %") statement, because the percent (%) symbol can be appended only to integer constants, and 100.0 is a floating-point constant. Basic notices the "%" symbol despite its separation with a space from the floating-point constant 100.0.
"Type Mismatch" also properly occurs for PRINT VAL("E%") and PRINT VAL("D%"), where "E" represents single-precision exponential notation, and "D" represents double-precision exponential notation.
The following statements print 100.0 without error:
PRINT VAL("100.0 *")
PRINT VAL("100.0 !")
PRINT VAL("100.0 #")
This behavior occurs in Microsoft QuickBasic Versions 4.00, 4.00b, 4.50 for MS-DOS, and in Microsoft Basic Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and OS/2.
Please note that QuickBasic Version 3.00 and Microsoft GW-Basic Versions 3.20, 3.22, and 3.23 fail to give an error for the statement PRINT VAL("100.0 %").
Additional query words: QuickBas BasicCom
Keywords: KB25993
