mbn=: ] [^:(_.=]) _.&".
   mbn '12e3'
12000
   mbn '3+45'
3+45


----- Original Message -----
From: June Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:41
Subject: [Jprogramming] Numbers for numbers, otherwise leaving alone
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>

> Current numbers operation is:
>    ". '12223'
> 12223
>    ". 'David'
> 
> 
> I could change the behavior when y can't be turned into a number:
> 
>    _99 ". 'David'
> _99
> 
> However, how would you define a verb that is:
> 
>    maybe_numb '12223'
> 12223
>    maybe_numb 'David'
> 'David'
> 
> I am looking for a simple solution.
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