Re: integer displayed as .0 float in Lua-5.3

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

Use tonumber.

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\starttext

\cldcontext{\lastpage + 1}

\cldcontext{"\lastpage" + 1}

\cldcontext{tonumber("\lastpage") + 1}

\stoptext
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Wolfgang


Pablo Rodriguez schrieb am 09.08.18 um 20:02:
> Dear list,
>
> I have the following sample
>
>      \starttext
>      \startTEXpage[offset=1em]
>      Pages: \ctxlua{context([[\lastpage]])}.
>
>      Next page: \ctxlua{context([[\lastpage]] + 1)}.
>
>      (Lua \luaversion)
>      \stopTEXpage
>      \stoptext
>
> With Lua-5.2 (ConTeXt with JIT), I get the expected results. But with
> Lua-5.3 (standard ConTeXt), I get 2.0 as the value for the next page.
>
> I’m afraid that there is a bug here. I was told that the integer type
> has been introduced in Lua-5.3.
>
> I had experienced the same issue with the handlecsv module. In my very
> limited understanding of the issue, integers are displayed as .0 floats.
> I wonder which would be the way to fix it.
>
> Is this a real bug or am I missing something?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Pablo

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