Correctly handling a combo box output

[kc64]

A combo box will output one of two types of data.  If it finds the value entered on its front panel control in the strings column of the Strings and Values[] array, it will output the corresponding value cell.  Otherwise it will output the string.  So, if my Strings and Values[] array looks like this:

Red, 0

Yellow, 1

Green, 2

and I enter "Orange", then the combo box outputs "Orange".  If I enter "Yellow", then the combo box outputs "1" rather than "Yellow".

Is there any method to determine which behavior the control used?

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

Actually, the datatype is always a string. The "value" needs to be interpreted as a numeric by you. Off the top of my head, you have 2 ways you can do this:

• Use Search 1D Array to search the Strings[ ] property to see if the combobox's Text.Text property is in the list of strings. If the output of the function is -1 then you know it simply returned the string.
• You can use the Decimal Digit? function to see if the value is numeric.

I'm sure there are others.

[kc64]

Thanks, s.

Exactly what I needed.