Bug? IIF statement breaks CHAR

[LucasHeer]

Good afternoon!

I really would not consider this a bug, there is easy to workaround, but took a second to figure it out.

This is my B4A code:

    settings_toggle_guidelines.Text = IIf(enabled_guidelines, Chr(0xf205), Chr(0xf204))
    settings_toggle_levelindicator.Text = IIf(enabled_levelindicator, Chr(0xf205), Chr(0xf204))
    settings_toggle_templatestencil.Text = IIf(enabled_templatestencil, Chr(0xf205), Chr(0xf204))

This works perfect in B4A, but in B4I -- It causes the FontAwesome assigned label to show "61956" -- The decimal version of the hex sent to Chr().

I did a unit test to see what exactly is going on:

    Dim result As Object = IIf(enabled_guidelines, Chr(0xf205), Chr(0xf204))
    Log("IIF object type: " & GetType(result) & " " & result)
    Log("NON object type: " & GetType(Chr(0xf205)) & " " & Chr(0xf205))

The workaround was:

    If(enabled_guidelines) Then
        settings_toggle_guidelines.Text = Chr(0xf205)
    Else
        settings_toggle_guidelines.Text = Chr(0xf204)
    End If
    If(enabled_levelindicator) Then
        settings_toggle_levelindicator.Text = Chr(0xf205)
    Else
        settings_toggle_levelindicator.Text = Chr(0xf204)
    End If
    If(enabled_templatestencil) Then
        settings_toggle_templatestencil.Text = Chr(0xf205)
    Else
        settings_toggle_templatestencil.Text = Chr(0xf204)
    End If

Edit:
No -- this is the workaround:

    settings_toggle_guidelines.Text = Chr(IIf(enabled_guidelines, 0xf205, 0xf204))
    settings_toggle_levelindicator.Text = Chr(IIf(enabled_levelindicator, 0xf205, 0xf204))
    settings_toggle_templatestencil.Text = Chr(IIf(enabled_templatestencil, 0xf205, 0xf204))

Thank you!!

 

[Erel]

It isn't directly related to IIF. It happens because there is no real char data type in Objective C which B4i is based on.

This should work:

settings_toggle_guidelines.Text = IIf(enabled_guidelines, "" & Chr(0xf205), "" & Chr(0xf204))