----------------------------------- chelsee Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:55 pm Make sure someone enters a string ----------------------------------- How do I make sure someone enters a string instead of an int or real? ----------------------------------- Ultrahex Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:03 pm ----------------------------------- easiest way is read everything in as a String and check and then convert for using strintok ( s : string ) : boolean and check whether it is then convert and set as your integer variable. ----------------------------------- mish Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:44 pm ----------------------------------- you would have to errortrap the user input. you would have to of course put declare variables first. ----------------------------------- ericfourfour Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:45 pm ----------------------------------- You should actually use strrealok. This method will return true if a string can be converted to a real number. It will return false if it cannot. var number : string get number put number, " is ".. if not strrealok (number) then put "not" .. end if put " a number." ----------------------------------- mish Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:47 pm ----------------------------------- LOLL whats a strrealok? o_O that looks an awful lot like an errortrap to me >.< ----------------------------------- StealthArcher Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:53 pm ----------------------------------- Specifically these statements say "String OK", or in the case you refer to"String-Real OK" meaning that the given input can work with the stated conditions. ----------------------------------- ericfourfour Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:49 pm ----------------------------------- LOLL whats a strrealok? o_O that looks an awful lot like an errortrap to me >.< F10. I think there is also a tutorial on it. And did you not read my post? I said exactly what it does.