No constant chr() ?

[Karbon]

So you can't do this?

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#CRLF = chr(13) + chr(10)

Seems to come out to the number 10

Probably a simple reason that I'm not thining about

[GPI]

CHR() is a function, so you can't use it with constants.

[Karbon]

Gotcha. Thanks!

[freak]

Not quite:

If you use Chr() with a constant inside like Chr(13), this is replaces by
a chr(13) character on compilation time. So Chr() is only included as a
function, if you use variables inside it.

This makes Chr() a constant thing, however, it can't be used with constants directly.

Something like:
SetGadgetText(#Gadget, "Hello"+Chr(10)+"World")

Will be optimized, so the whole "Hello"+Chr(10)+"World" expression will
be stored as one string in the exe, because it only contains constant strings
and Chr() with a fixed value inside. So on runtime, this needs no Function
call, and no String addition.

So kind of constant then, just not a #Constant

Timo