Groups > comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot > #2852

Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros

Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Date	2015-04-01 03:43 -0700
Message-ID	<b286ed07-4f0a-4fd2-bf03-dd3176de25f0@googlegroups.com> (permalink)
Subject	Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros
From	j.strecha@gmail.com

Show all headers | View raw

Hi,

I recently discovered something curious about arithmetic operations in gnuplot:

> gnuplot> print 2*66
> 132
> gnuplot> print 2*066
> 108

(gnuplot 5.0 patchlevel rc2)

Apparently the multiplication behaves differently when leading zeros are present. Is this a bug, or a feature?

Regards,
JS

Back to comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros j.strecha@gmail.com - 2015-04-01 03:43 -0700
  Re: Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-04-01 06:25 -0500
    Re: Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros j.strecha@gmail.com - 2015-04-01 05:57 -0700
      Re: Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros Karl <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-04-02 20:43 +0200

csiph-web