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Subject: 
RE: Bug in HEX handling?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth
Date: 
Tue, 23 May 2000 02:34:01 GMT
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Steve Morris wrote:

HEX is not working the way I think it should in 1.1.1. Is
this wrong or do I not understand something. This is 1.1.1
pbmax.srec.

ok DECIMAL
ok 65536 DUP .
-1
ok HEX .
-1
     Why isn't this ffff?

If you use U. (unsigned dot) you will get FFFF. The "."
is for signed numbers.

ok
300b 300b ? undefined word

     Isn't 300b a legal hex number? Maybe it is case sensitive.

Yes it is, but pbForth is case sensitive.

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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  Re: Bug in HEX handling?
 
(...) Thanks. That helps. Case sensitivity is good but requiring upper case for hex is annoying. I suppose this is forth standard. That is one thing that I find annoying about forth, that most builtin words are upper case. It reveals the age of (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)

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  Bug in HEX handling?
 
HEX is not working the way I think it should in 1.1.1. Is this wrong or do I not understand something. This is 1.1.1 pbmax.srec. ok DECIMAL ok 65536 DUP . -1 ok HEX . -1 Why isn't this ffff? ok 300b 300b ? undefined word Isn't 300b a legal hex (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)

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