vartoint

[D-Fan]

Just curious, why is there not a vartoint function?

[Craig Stuntz [TeamB]]

D-Fan wrote:

> Just curious, why is there not a vartoint function?

Because assignment solves that problem just fine.

var
V: Variant;
i: integer;
begin
V := 6;
i := V;

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[Craig Stuntz [TeamB]]

D-Fan wrote:

> What if the variant is null when you try this statement?

You can test for that. If you need a routine, write it; it's
completely trivial.

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[D-Fan]

Craig Stuntz [TeamB] wrote:
> D-Fan wrote:
>
>> Just curious, why is there not a vartoint function?
>
> Because assignment solves that problem just fine.
>
> var
> V: Variant;
> i: integer;
> begin
> V := 6;
> i := V;
>

I know that that can be done, but why is there not a var to int? What if

the variant is null when you try this statement?

You can do the same process above with strings, but it is not reliable.