Hello,

I am not sure, maybe we discussed this before, maybe not.

I am getting quite sick of having to write IntToStr all the fricking time like so:

begin
    s := IntToStr(X) + ' ' + IntToStr(Y);
end;

So much typing for nothing ?!?

I could have written just:
begin
    s := X + ' ' + Y;
end;

Since there is a string inside this statement Delphi could be smart enough to understand that X and Y have to be converted to strings.

Since X en Y are for example integers, it's logical to call TryStrToInt for X and Y and if the conversion fails replace it with N.A. (for not available).

This way these integer to string conversions can be automatic.

The same could be done for floating points. Perhaps there is an issue with the precision of it... perhaps this could be some kind of default.

At least the automatic integer to string conversion is a good start.

Bye,
Skybuck.

The Pascal way to avoid using too much IntToStr is:

begin
  s := Format('%d %d', [X, Y]);
end;

Much shorter, no?

And you can configure in multiple ways how to format the numbers.

... or writestr(s,x,' ',y);

----- Original Message -----

Op Fri, 29 Apr 2011, schreef Skybuck Flying:

Good, then you really need to look into writestr, as Florian wrote, you will like it:

writestr(s,vSomeFloat:16:16,' ',vSomeFloat:16:16);

... works fine.

Daniël