[Lazarus] errors: Upper bound of case range is less than lower bound and duplicate case label

[Eric Kom]

On 21/01/2013 21:11, Sven Barth wrote:
> On 21.01.2013 15:37, Flávio Etrusco wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Sven Barth 
>> <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Am 21.01.2013 04:54, schrieb Alexander Klenin:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Sven Barth 
>>>> <pascaldragon at googlemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       case gradeSelected of
>>>>>>            '12'..'12': tuitionFee := '14500.00';
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>              ^       ^   This should be easy to spot...
>>>>
>>>> No, the error is in the line below.
>>>>
>>>>>>            '8'..'11' : tuitionFee := '13500.00';
>>>>
>>>> Note that strings are not numbers, so '8' > '11'.
>>>> Also, '1' < '11' < '7' < '8', so case branch labels intersect, which
>>>> is the reason for the second error.
>>>>
it works! after I have removed  the single quote and converted 
gradeSelected from string to integer.

Thanks for your contributions.
>>> Right... I forgot that this is a case of string -.-
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sven
>>
>> Should case of string really allow ranges?
>
> THAT is an interesting question.
>
> Regards,
> Sven
>
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