1. Such a simple thing, yet
I know I already asked this question before, the concept, but I still hav=
e
trouble. To me, this is the only drawback of having only type sequences.=
sequence d
d =3D date()
puts(1,d[1])
d[1] =3D 98, which is the ascii value of 'b'. It prints b on the screen.=
I
don't want it to print b, I want it to print 98. A simple 98. How can I=
do this?
Another problem. This is an atom, atoms are indivisible. But what if I
want to append the digits 19 before 98? So make it print 1998? I could
add 1900, but that seems crude.
--Alan
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2. Re: Such a simple thing, yet
- Posted by Kevin Sieger <simkin at ZEBRA.NET>
Sep 03, 1998
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Last edited Sep 04, 1998
Such a simple thing, yes.
printf(1,"%d",{d[1]})
As far as the other, what is the problem in being crude? <G>
Alan Tu wrote:
> I know I already asked this question before, the concept, but I still have
> trouble. To me, this is the only drawback of having only type sequences.
>
> sequence d
> d = date()
> puts(1,d[1])
>
> d[1] = 98, which is the ascii value of 'b'. It prints b on the screen. I
> don't want it to print b, I want it to print 98. A simple 98. How can I
> do this?
>
> Another problem. This is an atom, atoms are indivisible. But what if I
> want to append the digits 19 before 98? So make it print 1998? I could
> add 1900, but that seems crude.
>
> --Alan
3. Re: Such a simple thing, yet
>Such a simple thing, yes.
>
>printf(1,"%d",{d[1]})
Even cleaner would be:
print(1,d[1])
- Puts prints them as a *string* (it interpreters the given sequence as a
one dimension collection of values represention characters based upon the
AscII standard)
- Print prints them as as *data* (it interpreters the given sequence,
showing its structure by using {'s and '}'s, containing a representation of
the values in base 10, sometimes with an scientific exponent (e.g. 4.343e23)
Printf is meant to format data into a character-sequence (1D-seq containing
ascII values) and has special escape characters so you can control the way
the data is interpreterd. Heximal, Decimal, AscII, etc.)
I hope this explenation helps you in understanding the need for different
routines and the way it works, instead of just knowing the prinf () trick or
know how to use ? or print ()
Ralf
