Help bad parameter

Thorn · Post by **Thorn** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:57 pm

Hi! I'm PureBasic's newbie

I'm writing an easy example for calculate the age, but i have an error when try to compiling.

"Line 10:bad parameter type: a string is expected"

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OpenConsole()

Print("Your birth date: ")
birthday.s= Input()

age.w=Val("Right(Date() ,4)") - Val("Right(birthday.s ,4)")

Print("This year you have: ")
Print (age.w)
Print("years.")

End
CloseConsole()

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:02 pm

Try

Print(Str(age.w))

Droopy · Post by **Droopy** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:05 pm

Print can only display Strings
Use STR to convert a value to String

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Print (Str(age.w))

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:11 pm

Thorn, you have many many problems with this code. I rewrote it so it actually works, now compare mine with yours:

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OpenConsole() 

Print("Your birth date: ") 
birthday.s= Input() 

age.l=Val(Right(Str(Year(Date())) ,4)) - Val(Right(birthday.s ,4)) 

Print(" This year you have: ") 
Print (Str(age)) 
Print(" years.") 
Input()

CloseConsole() 
End

Thorn · Post by **Thorn** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:03 pm

Thanks folks!
Once i used Qbasic language, now i'm trying to convert Qb examples in to PureBasic code, and i have some problems.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:33 pm

gotta' promote myself a little

did you check the survival guide?

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:39 pm

This code reminds me of a scene from "Support your local Sheriff" where James Garner looks at a Sheriff's badge with a huge dent in it and says,

"It sure looks to have saved the life of whoever was wearing it!",

and Harry Morgan's reply was,

"Well it sure would've if it weren't for all them other bullets coming in from everywhere."

Welcome to the forum, Thorn and best of luck with your new language. I know you'll come to love it!

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:21 am

netmaestro wrote:This code reminds me of a scene from "Support your local Sheriff" where James Garner looks at a Sheriff's badge with a huge dent in it and says,

"It sure looks to have saved the life of whoever was wearing it!",

and Harry Morgan's reply was,

"Well it sure would've if it weren't for all them other bullets coming in from everywhere."

Welcome to the forum, Thorn and best of luck with your new language. I know you'll come to love it!

Wonderfully appropriate quote from a very funny movie.