OpenEuphoria

Re: Variable declarations

• Posted by Jim Hendricks <jim at bizcomputinginc.com> Sep 19, 2004
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Greg Haberek wrote:
> 
> I think thats one of the few things we all did when we started, along
> with improperly initializing variables.
> 
> we've all done these, i'm sure:
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> -- wrong:
> integer myint = 5
YUP! been there, done that.

> 
> -- right:
> integer myint  myint = 5
Yes, so long as you are not in a function or procedure and you have
other variables to declare as was specific question I raised at the 
beginning of this thread.

> -- wrong:
> integer myint
>     myint += 5  --wrong
> 
> -- right:
> integer myint
>     myint = 0
>     myint += 5
OK, I can see this even though it didn't trip me up yet.  It does bring
rise to the question, "What is the value of a declared but not initialized
integer?"  With sequences it's the empty sequence {} or "" but what is it
with atoms and integers?

Jim Hendricks
President
Biz Computing, Inc.