OpenEuphoria

Re: What difference (object and sequence)

• Posted by Daniel Berstein <danielberstein at USA.NET> Aug 21, 1997
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On 20 Aug 97 , Eduardo Uemura Okada wrote:

>  Hi Doug, a variable declared as object can hold both atom values or
> sequences, and a variable declared as sequence can hold just sequences.
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                I think your explanation isn't very acurate Eduardo:

In Euphoria you have just two types of data:
        -Atoms (an indivisible value, such as 'A', 255 or #ff)
        -Sequences(kind of dinamic-flexible array, can contain either atoms
        of sequences)

        A variable declared as type object can behave as an atom or a
sequence upon requirement. Example:

        object test
        test = 100              --Now test is an atom type variable
        test = {1,2,3,4}        --Now test is a sequence!

        An object can't be an atom and a sequence at the same time, but a
sequence element may be an atom or a sequence.

        Hope this little explanation helps.

Regards,
  Daniel Berstein
  danielberstein at usa.net
  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9316