value-parser.c (parse_number): Simplified logic and removed redundant lines.

diff --git a/src/language/lexer/value-parser.c b/src/language/lexer/value-parser.c
index cc73176a38db24f2c0b940666d71b277943db23d..55707f6ac576f9f82aba8b390f4b58a34947c3dc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/language/lexer/value-parser.c
+++ b/src/language/lexer/value-parser.c
@@ -96,13 +96,7 @@ parse_num_range (struct lexer *lexer,
 static bool
 parse_number (struct lexer *lexer, double *x, const enum fmt_type *format)
 {
-  if (lex_is_number (lexer))
-    {
-      *x = lex_number (lexer);
-      lex_get (lexer);
-      return true;
-    }
-  else if (lex_is_string (lexer) && format != NULL)
+  if (lex_is_string (lexer) && format != NULL)
     {
       union value v;
 
@@ -120,14 +114,15 @@ parse_number (struct lexer *lexer, double *x, const enum fmt_type *format)
         }
       return true;
     }
-  else
+
+    if (lex_force_num (lexer))
     {
-      if (format != NULL)
-        lex_error (lexer, _("expecting number or data string"));
-      else
-        lex_force_num (lexer);
-      return false;
+      *x = lex_number (lexer);
+      lex_get (lexer);
+      return true;
     }
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 /* Parses the current token from LEXER into value V, which must already have