main() parameters - strings forced to numbers?

[Dave180]

Hi

I have some function parameters that are .STRING, but are numeric, like:

        fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("sPeriod2", FunctionParameter.STRING);
...
    with (fp) {
           addOption("3");
... 

In main() I find I have to do this:

            if (typeof(sPeriod2) == "number") { 
                sPeriod2 = sPeriod2.toString();
            } 

Is this a bug?

[eSignal_JasonK]

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Hello Dave,

JavaScript is a dynamically typed language (see Data Type Conversion), which will automatically convert a string representation of a number to a number type. The .setDefault() method of the FunctionParameter class was changed at one point to force the value to remain a string, but the .addOption() method was not modified. I believe this was due to backward compatibility reasons. If you want to use numbers as strings with the FunctionParameter.STRING type, you will need to use a custom work-around as you are.

[Dave180]

Jason, Hi, "dynamically typed" yes, but when needed I thought. Just passing an argument to a function does not change the type. Perhaps the docs should note this oddity?