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RE: Little incosistency in Euphoria 2.2

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Apr 26, 2001
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On 27 Apr 2001, at 9:59, Derek Parnell wrote:

> Hi,
> this is not really an inconsistency problem, but still an annoyance.
> 
> The reason is that value() is interpreting "-45.6e-" as a number in written in
> scientific notation. However it is a malformed number as it is expecting an
> integer to follow the "e" character. For example "-45.6e3" is the notation for
> -45.6 times 10 to the power 3, namely -45600. Also "-45.6e-3" is the notation
> for -45.6 times 10 to the power -3, namely -0.0456.

Wouldn't this be a great reason to not use value()? So far, i haven't found a 
reason to use it anywhere. What would be a use for it that it cannot be 
replaced by another function, such as sprintf("%d",variable)?
 
Kat

> -----------
> cheers,
> Derek Parnell
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rforno at tutopia.com [mailto:rforno at tutopia.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 27 April 2001 6:20 AM
> > To: EUforum
> > Subject: Little incosistency in Euphoria 2.2
> >
> >
> >
> > While investigating the value() function and trying to mimic it, I
> > discovered this little inconsistency:
> > value("-45.6a-") gives {0,-45.6}
> > but
> > value("-45.6e-") gives {1,0}
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