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Re: Help Please with numbers

• Posted by cklester <cklester at yahoo.com> Aug 01, 2005
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Jason Gade wrote:
> Jason Gade wrote:
> > cklester wrote:
> > > 
> > > r1 = "123"
> > > r2 = 456
> > > total = sum({r1,r2}) -- can work since element 1 is a sequence, use
> > > value()
> > > 
> 
> So I'm trying to think of a reason why this would be a bad idea, and I can't
> do it.
> The only valid reason I could come up with is that no other Euphoria routine
> acts this
> way (that I know of). That isn't really a valid argument though.

All it is is shorthand for the programmer doing the value()s himself. You
could also make type-specific sums like

sum_i(list_of_integers) 
sum_a(list_of_atoms) -- or sumi() and suma() depending on naming convention

These would simply be faster (no sequence check or value() conversion)
and used when the programmer has no string numbers.

-=ck
"Programming in a state of EUPHORIA."
http://www.cklester.com/euphoria/