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[FudiddidoAdrian]

Guys is phone number a text or number value? I would assume its text but the answer for 2021 ipt says its numerical. Eg: 0427829201

 

[MoeyNeeds90+]

Guys is phone number a text or number value? I would assume its text but the answer for 2021 ipt says its numerical. Eg: 0427829201

Text, if the exam did say it as "numerical," it could be referring to the digits of the phone number without formatting or perhaps within a certain programming context where phone numbers are treated as numbers for validation purposes. But yes, it's safer to treat phone numbers as text (string).

 

[Demons]

Guys is phone number a text or number value? I would assume its text but the answer for 2021 ipt says its numerical. Eg: 0427829201

If it has a space in between the digits like 0427 829 201 then it is text because spaces can't be stored in a numerical form, but if the number is continuous with no spaces like 0427829201, it would a number.

 

[mellysmelly]

Guys is phone number a text or number value? I would assume its text but the answer for 2021 ipt says its numerical. Eg: 0427829201

text / string because of the spaces.

 

[igor9]

u can't start a number with 0, hence it has to be text

 

[FudiddidoAdrian]

u can't start a number with 0, hence it has to be text

yes but answer said numerical

 

[FudiddidoAdrian]

If it has a space in between the digits like 0427 829 201 then it is text because spaces can't be stored in a numerical form, but if the number is continuous with no spaces like 0427829201, it would a number.

yes that makes sense. idk why the 0 doesnt get disregarded tho

 

[Demons]

yes that makes sense. idk why the 0 doesnt get disregarded tho

In a computer everything is stored, it doesn't disregard anything because if the data were to be extracted and used somewhere else without the 0 and the different system needed the 0 it would lead to a error that's why the computer still stores the 0 to be safe.

 

[igor9]

yes but answer said numerical

answer is wrong every question like that ever has said text

 

[dav53521]

In a computer everything is stored, it doesn't disregard anything because if the data were to be extracted and used somewhere else without the 0 and the different system needed the 0 it would lead to a error that's why the computer still stores the 0 to be safe.

This is not true because for integers/number data types the leading 0s are typically dropped. Plus it doesn't really make much sense to store the initial 0 because typically integers are used for numerical processing/calculations which keeping/dropping the leading 0s will have no impact on.

 

[ranjeet.singh]

It is number according to multiple past papers