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| Date | 2015-04-01 06:25 -0500 |
|---|---|
| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
| Newsgroups | comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot |
| Subject | Re: Curiosity: Arithmetic operations and leading zeros |
| References | <b286ed07-4f0a-4fd2-bf03-dd3176de25f0@googlegroups.com> |
| Message-ID | <D4WdnR9wePZdSIbInZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@supernews.com> (permalink) |
j.strecha@gmail.com wrote:
> 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
>
How does gnuplot handle input of octal numbers? {I don't have
gnuplot on this machine to check.)
I notice that for your example that for example shown the answer
is correct for octal input and defaulting to decimal on output.
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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
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