Is it just me or does the one he/she is asking for look like :#
Computer Science Canada What is this and what is its purpose? |
| Author: | TheCatsMeow [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What is this and what is its purpose? |
So in my comp. sci. class, we were given an exam review booklet. One of the questions asks us to identify something and explain the purpose of it. Example: %, <, +, := My question is.. What is :# and what is it used for? Does it even exist? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? |
Those are all operators. Yes, := exists. It's probably used in just about every piece of an example code. |
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| Author: | ProgrammingFun [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? |
Is it just me or does the one he/she is asking for look like :# |
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| Author: | 2goto1 [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? |
Interesting, what was the programming language of the test? I haven't seen :# before. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? |
I vaguely remember being able to add that to the end of a put to format it differently, but that's very vague and might be completely different. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:14 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? | ||
if :# means :<number> such as :4 then yes, it could be used to format strings for put statements. Something like
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| Author: | 2goto1 [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:What is this and what is its purpose? |
Ah, could be. I guess without seeing the original question it's hard to say, good catch |
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