RE: Little incosistency in Euphoria 2.2
On 27 Apr 2001, at 14:56, Derek Parnell wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kat [mailto:gertie at PELL.NET]
> > Sent: Friday, 27 April 2001 2:18 PM
> > To: EUforum
> > Subject: RE: Little incosistency in Euphoria 2.2
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> > Wouldn't this be a great reason to not use value()? So far, i
> > haven't found a reason to use it anywhere.
>
> Hi Kat,
> I agree with you. I never use value() because it has never suited any
> purpose for me. I rolled my own routine to convert a string to a number (ie. a
> sequence to an atom ). Its not perfect but it does the job.
>
> > What would be a use for it that it cannot be
> > replaced by another function, such as sprintf("%d",variable)?
>
> Doesn't value() and sprintf() do the opposite of each other. value()
> converts a sequence to an atom, and sprintf() converts an atom to a
> sequence.
Oh,, right, oops. I guess the reason i never looked at it is that i don't store
a
number as a numeral, so it's an integer when i get it. Or i use an object type.
It's easier, for me, to not make the integer(number) a sequence(numeral) till
it's printed.
Kat
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