Difference between revisions of "SET STRICT"

Latest revision as of 09:22, 3 April 2012

Determines whether variables must be pre-declared

SET STRICT ON | OFF | (<expL>)

With SET STRICT ON, all variables must be pre-declared.

By default, STRICT is OFF.

set strict off
m_var = date()
 
set strict on
private m_var
m_var = date()

Recital, Recital Server

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 ==Purpose==
-Determines whether non-string expressions are automatically converted when added to strings
+Determines whether variables must be pre-declared
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 ==See Also==
-[[DTOC()]], [[DTOS()]], [[ECHO]], [[ETOS()]], [[LTOS()]], [[STR()]]
+[[DECLARE]], [[DIMENSION]], [[DO]], [[DISPLAY MEMORY]], [[LOCAL]], [[NAMESPACE]], [[NAMESPACE()]], [[PARAMETERS]], [[PRIVATE]], [[PUBLIC]], [[SET CLIPPER]], [[SET STRCONVERT]], [[STORE]],  [[STR()]], [[VARINFO()]]
 ==Description==
-If SET STRICT is OFF, non-string expressions are automatically converted as they are added to a string.  If SET STRICT is ON, expressions must be converted manually using the ETOS() or other data conversion functions.  By default, STRICT is OFF.
+With SET STRICT ON, all variables must be pre-declared.
+By default, STRICT is OFF.
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 <code lang="recital">
 set strict off
-echo "This string can add numerics and dates etc. " + 100.89 + " " + date()
+m_var = date()
 set strict on
-echo "This string can add numerics and dates etc. " + str(100.89,6,2) + " " + etos(date())
+private m_var
+m_var = date()
 </code>