On 13-Jan-04, Gerard Cote wrote: > You were right Ashley,
> REBOL needs at least 3 components. > I never tried before but it seemed to be so natural ... > in fact REBOL fooled me this time but I will remember the lesson > Next time I will try before submitting my answer! > Regards, > Gerard Actually, you were right to say you can force a 2 component tuple Gerard, as while this doesn't work... >> t: to-tuple 1.1 ** Script Error: Invalid argument: 1.1 ** Where: to-tuple ** Near: to tuple! :value this does... >> t: to-tuple "1.1" == 1.1.0 and despite the third number displayed there, it is a two component tuple... >> length? t == 2 >> t/1 == 1 >> t/2 == 1 >> t/3 == none As you say - test first - and keep testing till you get the answer you want. ;) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ashley Trüter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:12 PM > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls >>> Is, for example, 1.1 a tuple or a decimal? >> Decimal, a tuple must have at least three components. Perhaps >> pair! is what you want? ;) >> Regards, >> Ashley -- Carl Read -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
