Parsing a number, float versus integer

Noct · 10-06-2008, 04:10 AM

In a best practice/"cleanest code possible" type scenario, would you stop to evaluate whether a number contained a decimal before you did a parseFloat on it?

I'm parsing user entered equations, and since they can enter a decimal, I currently have it just parseFloat-ing eveything to be safe.

Since my App does not perform these equations rapidly, I can't imagine it would really matter performance-wise, but I'm wondering if practices would suggest that I only use pInt on ints and pFloat on dec...

Any thoughts?

pj-co · 11-15-2008, 01:42 AM

If the users have entered a number, go with number. why over think it?

10-06-2008, 04:10 AM	#1
Noct Toys in the Attic... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,348	Parsing a number, float versus integer In a best practice/"cleanest code possible" type scenario, would you stop to evaluate whether a number contained a decimal before you did a parseFloat on it? I'm parsing user entered equations, and since they can enter a decimal, I currently have it just parseFloat-ing eveything to be safe. Since my App does not perform these equations rapidly, I can't imagine it would really matter performance-wise, but I'm wondering if practices would suggest that I only use pInt on ints and pFloat on dec... Any thoughts? __________________ Just one dimension shy of a career in 3d gaming.

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11-15-2008, 01:42 AM	#2
pj-co Site Contributor Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 311	If the users have entered a number, go with number. why over think it?


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