Number (Json function) - Revision history

Alex at 21:45, 18 February 2015

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	<li>As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the <code>%(json):</code> before the Number method. That is <code>%json = %(json):number(22)</code> is equivalent to <code>%json = number(22)</code>. And, because of [[Json class#Implicit conversions\|implicit conversion]] it is not even necessary to specify the Number method so the previous could be written <code>%json = 22</code>.</li>		<li>As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the <code>%(json):</code> before the Number method. That is <code>%json = %(json):number(22)</code> is equivalent to <code>%json = number(22)</code>. And, because of [[Json class#Implicit conversions\|implicit conversion]] it is not even necessary to specify the Number method so the previous could be written <code>%json = 22</code>.</li>
	<li>The Number method is probably most useful when its input value has a non-numeric type that is known to be ~~convertable~~ to a number.</li>		<li>The Number method is probably most useful when its input value has a non-numeric type that is known to be convertible to a number.</li>
	</ul>		</ul>

Alex: /* Usage notes */

2015-02-18T19:27:46Z

Usage notes

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	==Usage notes==		==Usage notes==
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the <code>%(json):</code> before the ~~Numer~~ method. That is <code>%json = %(json):number(22)</code> is equivalent to <code>%json = number(22)</code>. And, because of [[Json class#Implicit conversions\|implicit conversion]] it is not even necessary to specify the Number method so the previous could be written <code>%json = 22</code>.</li>		<li>As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the <code>%(json):</code> before the Number method. That is <code>%json = %(json):number(22)</code> is equivalent to <code>%json = number(22)</code>. And, because of [[Json class#Implicit conversions\|implicit conversion]] it is not even necessary to specify the Number method so the previous could be written <code>%json = 22</code>.</li>
	<li>The Number method is probably most useful when its input value has a non-numeric type that is known to be convertable to a number.</li>		<li>The Number method is probably most useful when its input value has a non-numeric type that is known to be convertable to a number.</li>
	</ul>		</ul>

	==Examples==		==Examples==
	The following example sets a Json object to a number retrieved from a global. This might be a common use case for the Number method as $getg always returns a string.		The following example sets a Json object to a number retrieved from a global. This might be a common use case for the Number method as $getg always returns a string.

Alex at 18:52, 18 February 2015

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	{{Template:Json:Number subtitle}}		{{Template:Json:Number subtitle}}
			This function creates a Json object of the number type.
	This ~~page is [[under construction]]~~.
	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	{{Template:Json:Number syntax}}		{{Template:Json:Number syntax}}
	===Syntax terms===		===Syntax terms===
	<table class="syntaxTable">		<table class="syntaxTable">
	<tr><th>%json</th><td><var>Json</var> object</td></tr>		<tr><th>%json</th><td>The <var>Json</var> object created by Number.</td></tr>
	<tr><th nowrap="true"><var>[%(Json):]</var></th>		<tr><th nowrap="true"><var>[%(Json):]</var></th>
	<td>The optional class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Constructors\|virtual constructor]]~~. See [[#Usage notes\|"Usage notes"]], below, for more information about invoking a virtual constructor~~.</td></tr>		<td>The optional class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Constructors\|virtual constructor]].</td></tr>
	<tr><th>number</th>		<tr><th>number</th>
	<td>~~number~~</td></tr>		<td>The numeric value of the new Json object. This value can be returned by the [[NumberValue (Json function)\|NumberValue function]].</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>
	==Usage notes==		==Usage notes==
			<ul>
			<li>As with all virtual or true constructors, it is usually not necessary to specify the <code>%(json):</code> before the Numer method. That is <code>%json = %(json):number(22)</code> is equivalent to <code>%json = number(22)</code>. And, because of [[Json class#Implicit conversions\|implicit conversion]] it is not even necessary to specify the Number method so the previous could be written <code>%json = 22</code>.</li>
			<li>The Number method is probably most useful when its input value has a non-numeric type that is known to be convertable to a number.</li>
			</ul>
	==Examples==		==Examples==
			The following example sets a Json object to a number retrieved from a global. This might be a common use case for the Number method as $getg always returns a string.
			<p class="code">b

			$setg('pi', $pi)

			end
			b
			%json is object json

			%json = number($pi)
			printText {~=%json}

			end
			</p>
			This prints:
			<p class="code">%json=3.14159265358979
			</p>
	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Template:Json:Number footer}}		{{Template:Json:Number footer}}

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{{Template:Json:Number subtitle}}

This page is [[under construction]].
==Syntax==
{{Template:Json:Number syntax}}
===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%json</th><td><var>Json</var> object</td></tr>
<tr><th nowrap="true"><var>[%(Json):]</var></th>
<td>The optional class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Constructors|virtual constructor]]. See [[#Usage notes|"Usage notes"]], below, for more information about invoking a virtual constructor.</td></tr>
<tr><th>number</th>
<td>number</td></tr>
</table>
==Usage notes==
==Examples==
==See also==
{{Template:Json:Number footer}}