On Monday, January 5, 2015 7:03:21 PM UTC+10, Arch Call wrote: > > On Julia version 3.4, the variable "P" also yields the same kind of error. >
Yes Hex float accepts upper or lower case P its the same issue. Cheers Lex > > On Monday, January 5, 2015 2:44:38 AM UTC-5, Ronald L. Rivest wrote: >> >> I'm using Julia 0.3.4 command line. >> Entering >> p = 1; 2p+1 >> gives an error: >> >> *julia> p = 1; 2p+1* >> >> * ERROR: syntax: malformed expression* >> >> whereas using a different variable name doesn't give an error >> >> *julia> x = 1; 2x+1* >> >> * 3* >> >> There must be some aspect of Julia syntax I have missed?? >> >> Thanks for any light you can shed on this... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ron Rivest >> >
