Vector wont translate to a variable?

Ok this is either an odd one, I'm a script newb still, or it's just too damned late to think straight, but here's the deal.

Got a simple 5 item list, item #3 in the list is a vector.

I put it in a variable called location:

    vector location = llList2Vector(data,3);
    llSay(0,"location =   " + (string)location);

Location comes up as a null vector, e.g. location = <0.00000, 0.00000, 0.00000>

But if I do the following:

llSay(0,"location =  " + (string)llList2String(data,3));

It gives location = <151.67537, 194.50768, 21.30132>
Why?

No idea why, but try (vector) llList2String and it will work.
It's been around forever, probably a bug, god knows why they haven't fixed it.
Maybe no one ever reported it?
Rotations need the same workaround.

Thanks Eggy, that seems to work fine, although what a stupid bug! lol

Probably easy to fix too but what do I know

yea, that is a bug. If you look at some threads down you will see you aren't alone.