>>>>> On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:09:46 -0500, "Miko O'Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

miko> Math::BooleanArray     adpO  Parse boolean expressions
>> 
>> I cannot follow the relation of "Parse" and "Array". Could you explain
>> the idea a little?--Thanks!

 > The object parses the expression into an array of component expressions.
 > For example, the expression "yea | ney" would be parsed into an array
 > consisting of "yea" and "ney".  You evaluate the expression by changing each
 > component in the array to 1 or 0.  The object then substitutes each element
 > back into the expression, so the above would end up as something like "1 |
 > 0" which of course evaluates to 1.

 > If you have any other suggestions I'd be happy to consider them.  I would
 > prefer to avoid "BooleanParse" because that may imply a much bigger set of
 > utilities.

I'm sure I'm missing something very basic here: Where is the "or" in
the array? I mean, how do "yea | ney" and "yea & ney" differ?


-- 
andreas

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