On 10/24/2022 3:59 PM, P.O. Jonsson wrote: > I do not get the same results as you, not on Windows and not on macOS, I > get The NIL object rather than „5“. Are you still referring to ooRexx 5.0.0?
> rexxtry.rex: Enter 'exit' to end. Or '?' for online REXX help. > .local~1e = 12;say .local~1e-3 .local~1e -3 > The NIL object 9 > ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT > > .local~1e -3 comes out as 12-3 = 9 as expected, what do you think > .local~1e-3 mean? It looks as the item 3 steps before 1e to me (which > is not defined) Maybe someone can explain what is going on here? local~1e-3 is the same as local['1E-3'], the item with index '1E-3'. I had set it in the previous step: >> Am 24.10.2022 um 20:33 schrieb Glenn Knickerbocker <n...@bestweb.net >> ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT >> .local['1E-3']=5;say .1e-3 .local~1e-3 >> .1E-3 5 >> ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT >> >> The last one there was still slightly surprising, with -3 taken as part >> of the method name, though it doesn't introduce any inconsistency with >> Classic Rexx. Definitely something to watch out for anytime you put >> numbers in a directory: >> >> .local~1e = 12;say .local~1e-3 .local~1e -3 >> 5 9 >> ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT Note that you can also set .local['1E -3'] but it doesn't cause quite the same confusion, because to use blanks in a method name you have to put it in quotes: .local['1E-3'] = 5; .local['1E'] = 12; .local['1E -3'] = 17; say .local~1e-3 .local~1e -3 .local~'1e -3' 5 9 17 ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT The key is that symbols are parsed out before forming the method call, and symbols can include the + and - signs when they make valid numbers. 1e-3 is a symbol because it's a number, so it's used as the method name. The same wouldn't apply to 1e-x or 1x-3: .local~1e = 12; x = 5; .local~1x = 25; say .local~1e-x .local~1x-3 7 22 ........................................... rexxtry.rex on WindowsNT ¬R _______________________________________________ Oorexx-users mailing list Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users
