Please Explain This Error

[arpan]

Consider the following ASP code snippet:

<%
Dim strFYear,strLYear,iFYear,iLYear
strFYear=&quot;1/4/2001&quot; '(d/m/yyyy)
strFYear=&quot;31/3/2001&quot; '(d/m/yyyy)

iFYear=Year(strFYear)
iLYear=Year(strLYear)
%>

Now if I do something like this (note that I am not doing a Response.Write):

<% Year(strFYear) %>-<% Year(strLYear) %>

there is no problem & as expected, only the dash (-) can be seen in the browser. But now if I change the above to something like this (again no Response.Write):

<% iFYear %>-<% iLYear %>

an error is thrown saying Type mismatch 'iFYear'. Why so?

Thanks,

Arpan

 

[mwolf00]

Year(strFYear) is a function call which can exist on an asp line by itself (although it is not useful)

asp is confused when you just put a variable on the line by itself. Here is what your code is saying:
<%
Dim strFYear,strLYear,iFYear,iLYear
strFYear=&quot;1/4/2001&quot; '(d/m/yyyy)
strFYear=&quot;31/3/2001&quot; '(d/m/yyyy)

iFYear=Year(strFYear)
iLYear=Year(strLYear)
Year(strFYear)
%> - <%
Year(strLYear)
iFYear 'your error happens here first
%> - <%
iLYear
%>


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