This is why I thought to mimic the keyboard input.
It notionally preserves each keystroke as a literal.
After that Pascal's function to postpend the 'x' and activate the extended
number.
Ak
On Mon., Aug. 14, 2023, 12:29 Gilles Kirouac, <g1...@myriade.ca> wrote:
> >>> What expression allows a function to recieve an argument 'y' as a
> literal
> >>> without using quotes?
>
> None.
>
> BTW, do not rely on the output of ": (default format) to determine the
> type, because it uses a default format with a default precision. Use
> datatype instead.
>
> datatype 180548043269214561950911457875657
> floating
> datatype 180548043269214561950911457875657x
> extended
> 34j0 ": 180548043269214561950911457875657
> 18054804326921457349416459226316 NB. loss of precision after 15 digits
> 34j0 ": 180548043269214561950911457875657x
> 180548043269214561950911457875657 NB. no loss of precision
>
>
>
> ~ Gilles
>
> Le 2023-08-14 à 14:00, Ak O a écrit :
> > Unfortunately ": does not work in this case.
> > The length of the input causes the input to be treated as a float. The
> > result is:
> >
> > ": 180548043269214561950911457875657
> > 1.80548e32
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon., Aug. 14, 2023, 11:16 'Skip Cave' via Programming, <
> > programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
> >
> >> ":y converts an integer in y into a literal.
> >>
> >> Skip Cave
> >> Cave Consulting LLC
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 11:58 AM Ak O <akin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What expression allows a function to recieve an argument 'y' as a
> literal
> >>> without using quotes?
> >>>
> >>> Below are two deficient functions.
> >>> The size of the vector is given by 'x'. The permutation
> >>> index is meant to be given by 'y'.
> >>>
> >>> My intention is treat 'y' as a literal, without needing to use quotes
> on
> >>> the input.
> >>>
> >>> This first function works by escaping to the keyboard for input
> >>> I would like rather for the function to receive the input from the raw
> >>> argument and not have to escape to the keyboard.
> >>>
> >>> Desired Input
> >>> 30 extd 180548043269214561950911457875657
> >>> Rather than
> >>> 30 extd '180548043269214561950911457875657'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This function is deficient by its operating sequence.
> >>> It escapes to keyboard, which preservs the literal type.
> >>>
> >>> extd =: 4 : 0
> >>> n=. ((1!:1) 1
> >>> ((".@,&'x' n)) A. i. x
> >>> )
> >>>
> >>> 30 extd 180548043269214561950911457875657
> >>>
> >>> Keyboard input (if this approach makes sense, can the keyboard input
> be
> >>> simulated by using y as the feed?)
> >>> 180548043269214561950911457875657
> >>>
> >>> Result
> >>> 20 12 4 29 7 17 22 11 2 27 28 23 6 21 9 3 24 10 26 13 15 1 18 8 25 19
> 0 5
> >>> 16 14
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Alternative deficient function by the input form.
> >>> Yields the correct result but uses quotes in the input.
> >>>
> >>> extdquotes =: 4 : 0
> >>> ((".@,&'x' n)) A. i. x
> >>> )
> >>>
> >>> 30 extdquotes '180548043269214561950911457875657'
> >>>
> >>> Result
> >>> 20 12 4 29 7 17 22 11 2 27 28 23 6 21 9 3 24 10 26 13 15 1 18 8 25 19
> 0 5
> >>> 16 14
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I am looking for the function that uses the input for extd that
> delivers
> >>> the result of extdquotes
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your help
> >>> Ak
> >>>
> ...
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