Int() returning wrong value?

[Xand3r]

int(0xffff)=65535
int(binarymid(0xffff0000,3,2))=255 ;binarymid(0xffff0000,3,2)=0xffff
int(string(binarymid(0xffff0000,3,2)))=65535
any ideea why this would occur?

$ss=BinaryMid(0xffff0000,3,2)
MsgBox(0 ,"a test" , $ss & ":" & Int($ss) & @CRLF & "0xFFFF" & ":" & Int("0xFFFF") & @CRLF & "String("&$ss & "):" & Int(String($ss)))

Edited July 29, 2009 by Xand3r

[enaiman]

Kinda strange until I did a little bit of testing:

$binary = "0xff12dd12345671"
MsgBox (0, "1 - returns 2", BinaryMid($binary,1,1))
MsgBox (0, "2 - returns 4", BinaryMid($binary,1,2))
MsgBox (0, "3 - returns 6", BinaryMid($binary,1,3))
MsgBox (0, "4 - returns 8", BinaryMid($binary,1,4))
MsgBox (0, "5 - returns 10", BinaryMid($binary,1,5))
;Notes1: Number of "bytes" to extract  1 byte = 2 hex characters
;Notes2: when the number ($binary) has an odd number of characters, the above function returns bad data

To address your issue:

$ss=BinaryMid(0xffff0000,3,1)
MsgBox(0 ,"a test" , $ss & ":" & Int($ss))

[WeMartiansAreFriendly]

I haven't tested but a wild guess it's because binary* adds 0x at the beginning of a value. >_

[Xand3r]

$binary = "0xff12dd12345671"
MsgBox (0, "test", "" & _
"Int("&BinaryMid($binary,1,2)&"):"&@TAB&Int(BinaryMid($binary,1,2))& @CRLF & _
"Int(String("&BinaryMid($binary,1,2)&")):"&Int(String(BinaryMid($binary,1,2)))& @CRLF & _
"Int(0xff12):"&@TAB&Int(0xff12))

you didn't address anything mate... my problem is not with binarymid... :| is with int

binarymid(value1) = value2
int(binarymid(value1)) < int (value2)

edit:

int(binarymid($binary,$x,$y)) never returns more than 255 but int has a limit of 65535... 
int(string(binarymid($binary,$x,$y))) return the right value AND
int("0xXXXX") also return the right value (X=any hex char)

bug?

Edited July 29, 2009 by Xand3r

[martin]

It's just that Int does not operate on binary parameters.

I think it should return 0 and set @error to 1 when you pass a binary value.

From the help

Failure: Returns 0 sets @error to 1 if not an integer, float or string.

Though it would make sense for Int to be able to handle binary data.

I would say that not returning 0 and setting @error to 1 when passed binary data is a bug, and having Int handle binary data is a feature request.

[Ascend4nt]

@Xand3r: Interest, I didn't know that Binary data couldn't be converted with Int or Number (tested that myself)

However, change your first line to this (from 1st post), and it works:

$ss='0x'&Hex(BinaryMid(0xffff0000,3,2))

[Xand3r]

It's just that Int does not operate on binary parameters.

I think it should return 0 and set @error to 1 when you pass a binary value.

From the help

Though it would make sense for Int to be able to handle binary data.

I would say that not returning 0 and setting @error to 1 when passed binary data is a bug, and having Int handle binary data is a feature request.

tnx martin >_< that was the answer i was looking for and i know now why using string() worked