Method "Overload" Comments: Further Discussion

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Some helpful comments were posted by "silverpie":

Two improvements I would suggest: CStr() instead of Str(), so that if the user's format isn't US, it will still display as the user expects. Second, have the numeric version take a double as its parameter--it will still accept integers, but can thus show fractional values too.

Actually, even by itself CStr does much of what my "overloaded" S function does, i.e., it Converts to a Str a number of different data types. But I would argue that my S function still has at least two advantages: (1) It is easier to type one character ("S") rather than four ("CStr"), and (2) my S function has other features built in (specifically, EndOfLine and "|"). Here's the improved version of one of my definitions, thanks to silverpie's comments:

Function S (Param1 As Double) As String
    Return EndOfLine + CStr(Param1) + EndOfLine
End Function

(The other definitions remain as they were before.)

I'd be interested to hear if people reading this have any of their own suggestions for worthwhile Method "overloads."

Also posted was this comment from Darryl of "glenarbourtech":

Hey Barry,

I just wanted to comment that as a RealBasic newbie, I really appreciate what you are doing here. Keep up the good work!

Darry|

Both posts are important because they both encourage me to keep this blog going. Writing a blog and writing programs takes time and effort (in short, it's a lot of work!), and what keeps me going is getting feedback from readers. So please feel free to post a helpful comment or a relevant question and/or please feel free to write me a private email at rb@ix.netcom.com.

Barry Traver

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