[NTG-context] Re: dimen 100.0pt not 100.0pt?

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

Hans van der Meer via ntg-context schrieb am 10.06.2024 um 15:46:
> The I do not understand. I am testing if a dimension set can be checked 
> against the expected value.
> It looks like 100.0pt is not really 100.0pt. Why? And how can I do this 
> test properly with true as result?
> 
> \scratchdimen=100pt\relax
> \iftok{\the\scratchdimen}{100.0pt}true\else false\fi
> Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15.37.32.png
> 
> printing \the\scratchdimen results in 100.0pt
> 
> while \meaning\scratchdimen results in: constant dimension 100.0pt

\starttext

\scratchdimen=100.0pt

\ifdim\scratchdimen=100.0pt
   True
\else
   False
\fi

\stoptext

Wolfgang
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