Re: XPL: Things executing instead of displaying/printing

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Interesting. Your answer implies that all are legal, and the
only problem is that  can produce the ascii-1 along with the
number. So, not to worry?








Reply to note from Harry Binswanger
 Wed, 22 Dec

2010 16:40:42 -0500


> Is it proper practice to always use  for integers?

> Fractions? And then there's no problem with handling those
S/Gs

> as numbers in subsequent s?


The practice depends on the desired result. Compare:


;*; (1)

;*; PRompt says
"1/2"


with


;*; (2)

;*; PRompt says
"0.5"


and


;*; (3)

>;*;
PRompt says "0.5"


(3) being a verbose way of saying (2).


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Carl Distefano

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Harry Binswanger
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