[A83] Re: Superscript numbers
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[A83] Re: Superscript numbers
I'm not talking about how the calc parses and calculates it. If I make a
program that outputs one of those examples, the user should be able to
understand what it means. And a human can't see the difference between
two identical characters, even if they have different values in the calc's
memory.
Rob van Wijk
>
> But aren't those all tokens anyway? There can be 2 tokens with the same
> or similar ASCII characters, but with different functionality....
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:assembly-83-bounce@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of Rob van Wijk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: [A83] Re: Superscript numbers
>
>
> > > > Superscript 3 is $0e or $d5
> > >
> > > One of these is used for "to the third power", the other one
> > > is used for cubic root. The difference is just one pixel though.
> >
> > Hey, that's cool! Never mentioned it. But why would ti use a double
> > character?
>
> Because you need to be able to tell the difference. Look at this
> example (try it on your calc if you don't understand it here):
>
> x^3 sqrt(x)
> x cubicroot(x)
>
> You can only tell them apart because of the different superscripted 3's.
>
> > Aren't there many "special" characters that could be used
> > instead of this one?
>
> At the end of the Ti Ascii table, their are a number of characters that
> are all the same, if they needed extra symbols, I think they could be
> placed there.
>
> Rob van Wijk
>
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