B4R Question byteconvertor indexof is returning 255 instead of -1 in b4r?

[MbedAndroid]

Dim s()="1-0:1.8.1(003808.351*kWh)"
log(bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)"))
returns 255

 

[thetahsk]

Your declaration is wrong . It must be

Dim s() as Byte ="1-0:1.8.1(003808.351*kWh)"
log(bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)"))  ' return -1

 

[MbedAndroid]

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255
as result of

    Dim s()  As Byte="1-0:1.8.1(003808.351*kWh)"
   Dim start=bc.IndexOf(s,"(") As Byte
   Dim stop=bc.IndexOf(s,"*kW") As Byte
   Dim closingparenthesis=bc.IndexOf(s,")") As Byte
   Dim gas=bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)") As Byte
   Log(start)
   Log(stop)
   Log(closingparenthesis)
   Log(gas)

changing it to:

    Dim s()  As Byte="1-0:1.8.1(003808.351*kWh)"
   Dim start As Byte=bc.IndexOf(s,"(")
   Dim stop=bc.IndexOf(s,"*kW") As Int
   Dim closingparenthesis=bc.IndexOf(s,")") As Int
   Dim gas As Byte=bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)")
   Log(start)
   Log(stop)
   Log(closingparenthesis)
   Log(gas)

makes no difference
int or byte are Uint and U8 in my case

 

[MbedAndroid]

Log(bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)") )
reports -1
are bytes only Unsigned in b4R?

    Dim gas As Byte=(bc.IndexOf(s,"*m3)") )
   Log(gas)
   gas=-1
   Log(gas)

output:
255
255

changing byte to int gives the correct result, so byte=unsigned

 

[MbedAndroid]

just found this info about b4r: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/data-types.65666/#content
bytes are U8 unsigned !