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Terabyte
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2003 01:10
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this should say 3
it says 0

Lines$="BOO"
len(Lines$)=top#
print "",top#
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soz
ignore that
just make top# the subject of the equation

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MrTAToad
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Eh ?

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I'm tempted to say "well duh!", but I'll resist.

All programming languages work on the basis of values on the right hand side being assigned to variables on the left hand side.

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And you can understand what he said !?

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Yeah. You have to remember that "len(Lines$)=top#" is not an equation when used in programming. It's an assignment statement, and there is a big difference. "=" does not mean equals in this case. It means assign the value on the right hand side to the variable on the left.

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I don't think I've ever come across a language which has right hand side assignation... I dunno, probably Prolog or some crazy shit.

Quote: "
this should say 3
it says 0

Lines$="BOO"
len(Lines$)=top#
print "",top
"


try this instead:


disclaimer - never actually tried to compile my suggested code
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Well, for a bit of trivia. VB allows you pass data into functions by assignment.

i.e. is legal and a very useful feature.



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It's also possible to do it using C++, or any other language that allows you to substitute your own assignment operator ... although because it's not the expected way of doing things, the code could get awfully unreadable fast.
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2003 04:25 Edited at: 22nd Jun 2003 04:26
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Actually, BASIC on the TI calculators uses "->" (one character) to store instead of "=" to define variables.

So, to do "a = 5", you would do "5 -> a"

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