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Ingy döt Net 2015-02-20 00:35:01 -05:00
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Task/Increment-a-numerical-string/REXX/increment-a-numerical-string-1.rexx
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count = "3" /*typeless variables are all character strings.*/
count = 3 /*(same as above)*/
count = count + 1 /*variables in a numerical context are treated as numbers.*/
say count
/*REXX program demonstrates a method how to increment a numerical string*/
count = "3" /*REXX variables (and constants) are character strings.*/
count = 3 /*(identical to the above statement.) */
count = count+1 /*strings in a numerical context are treated as numbers*/
say 'sum=' count /*display the value of COUNT to the terminal (screen)*/
/*------------------ The default numeric digits for REXX is 9 digits. */
/*------------------ However, that can be increased with NUMERIC DIGITS.*/
/*────────────────── The default numeric digits for REXX is 9 digits. */
/*────────────────── However, that can be increased with NUMERIC DIGITS.*/
numeric digits 15000 /*let's go ka-razy with fifteen thousand digits. */
count=copies(2,15000) /*stressing REXX's brains with lots of two's, */
/*the above is considered a number in REXX. */
count=count+3 /*make that last digit a "five". */
count=count+3 /*make that last digit of COUNT a "5". */
if 1==0 then /*let's not display this gihugeic number to term,*/
say 'count=' count /*ya most likely don't want to display this thing*/
/* [↓] show the six leftmost and rightmost digs.*/
say 'count=' left(count,6)'···'right(count,6)
/*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/