Compound strings/variable declaration

[MrTAToad]

I've been wondering why the following :

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temp$=country$+" "

produced :

error : wrong argument type :

It turns out I have the following variables defined :

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LOCAL country AS tCountry
LOCAL path$,temp$,found%,countryCode%,country$,defLanguage$


I believe its using country (as tCountry) instead of country$

[Quentin]

I guess $ is not part of the variable name, so you defined "country" twice.

[MrTAToad]

Yes, that was the conclusion I can to too.  However, in that case, the compiler should generate an error message...

[Kitty Hello]

oh, that's bad.

[MrTAToad]

However, doing :

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path$=country$
INC path$," "


Works :/

[MrTAToad]

This is a small example :

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TYPE tTest
moo%
ENDTYPE

LOCAL test AS tTest
LOCAL test$,temp$

temp$=test$+" "