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Posted: **Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:44 pm**

I just hunted a long time for a bug in my code until i finally realised what it was.

i had this:

function lookfromtable(lookfor)
location = false
foreach(table, function (key, item)
                           if item = lookfor then location = key
                       endfunction
return(location)

Then there was this other part that was invoking this one:

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location = lookfromtable("string")
if location<>false
   do stuff
else
   return(false)
endif

Thing worked fine, except for one case.
If what I was looking for happened to be in key location 0, then when it returned location=0, it is same as "false", which means that even it actually did find what it was looking for, it didnt do what it was supposed to do, since location<>false, thought it was false situation.

All in all, this is a bit annoying situation when using foreach in this way, and it begs the question: Is there anyway to find out if what i return is a "false" or a "0", or are they simply one and same, in which case i have to make some extra lines to change it into returning string "notfound" instead.

Posted: **Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:40 pm**

Hi,

in the manual you can find following statement:

True and False are inbuilt constants which have the values of 1 (True) and 0 (False).

So I belive it is not possible.

Posted: **Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:51 pm**

Well, after thinking about it better, i guess i can start using -1 as the false state. That way, where ever the item happens to be on a list, it will always be something from 0 to positive, hence never colliding with -1.

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how to notice false from 0, possible at all?

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