Assign( and import( functions' incompatibility

Panorama X
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I’ve started this new thread because it relates to two other threads and should perhaps be considered on its own.

At Possible problem with assign( function? - #4 by michael, Dave Thompson diagnosed an incompatibility between the assign( and import( functions.

Arraymultisort() is a discussion on a limitation of the arraymultisort statement.

Looking at how I might amend that statement, I noticed that it includes an almost identical assign( and import( function combination that works fine.

The one that failed was:

ArrayFilter Array1,Temp,";",assign(?(val(import())<val(MaxMin),import()
    +" "+str(seq()),MaxMin),"MaxMin")

The one that works is:

ArrayFilter CopyArray,TempArray,RowSep,
        assign(?(length(import())>ElementLength,length(import()),ElementLength),"ElementLength")

The difference is that one uses the val( function, the other uses the length( function. This may help Jim to diagnose the source of the problem.

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Wrong again Michael - I was looking at an older version - the Panorama X code notes the incompatibility and avoids it.