In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Dec 13, Jenda Krynicky said:
> > $num = ord($char) - ord('A') + 1
> >or if you do it often
> >
> > my $char_base = ord('A') - 1;
> > ...
> > $num = ord($char) - $char_base;
> No benefit to that, really. ord('A') is calculated at compile-time, not
> run-time.
there's a design benefit, because you only have to change the
definition of $char_base in one place. however, a subroutine
would be even better. :)
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