Strings and Spaces

[CentiZen]

I've been wrestling with this problem all day here. Ever time I try to use an if statement or a case statement in turing with a space in it, it dosen't work. For example, see the following code:

code:

var test : string get test if test = "Hello Computer" then     put "Hello Michael" elsif test = "HelloComputer" then     put "HelloMichael" else     put "it didn't work!" end if

So, typing "Hello Computer" should output "Hello Michael" but instead it outputs "it didn't work!". However, typing "HelloComputer" will (properly) output "HelloMichael".

A similar problem is encountered when using case statements. See the following code:

code:

var test : string get test case test of     label "hello computer" : put "Hello Michael"     label "hellocomputer" : put "HelloMichael" end case

Like in the last one, typing "hellocomputer" outputs "HelloMichael", but typing "hello computer" causes the program to crash with the error Case selector is out of range

I've tried this code on both turing 4.1.1 and 4.1.1a versions, both have the same problem. Has anyone else encountered this? Is turing known to have this issue (google was no help)? Or is this an inherent problem in every programming language and I just haven't noticed it untill now?

Thanks for the help.

Michael

[DemonWasp]

Try putting the following line before your if statement:

code:

put test

You'll probably notice that it says "Hello" and not "Hello Computer". This is because Turing accepts input token-by-token, with whitespace as a delimiter. It reads the first token (Hello) and not the second one (World).

To get the entire line, use:

code:

get test : *

[Tony]

CentiZen @ Wed May 12, 2010 11:53 am wrote:

but typing "hello computer" causes the program to crash with the error Case selector is out of range

Just like you've had an "else" part in your if-statement; it might be a good idea to have a default catch-all clause to labels, in case someone types in something unexpected

code:

case test of     label "hello computer" : put "Hello Michael"     label "hellocomputer" : put "HelloMichael"     label : put "unknown case for: ", test end case