Hello mark.

02 Sep 04 15:47, you wrote to DAVID WILLIAMS:

 DW>> The DEFLNG A-Z at the beginning makes the variables
 DW>> default to "long" (32-bit) integers, unless their
 DW>> names carry suffixes such as "$" or "#" to indicate
 DW>> some other type.

 ml> can you tell me what those used in your pythag are and what they mean?
 ml> i see some with $ and one or two with #... its kinda hard to convert
 ml> to another language when the size of the variables isn't known ;)  it
 ml> also helps to know the ranges, too...

# is double (64 bit floating point)
$ is string (MS-BASIC string descriptor)
! is float  (32 bit floating point)
% is int    (16 bit signed integer)
& is long   (32 bit signed integer)

\ is integer division (DIV in pascal, C uses integer division wherever both
   parts are integers),

mod is modulus. ( % in C)

Jasen

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