Re^5: Printing to stdout an array of strings and scalar references

Curiously, I was actually thinking of that when composing my post. I thought their non-standard grouping was four; so five hundred thousand, 500_000, would be fifty myriad, 50_0000 (although they have a different word for myriad).

Anyway, the point was that you can put the underscores wherever you want (so long as you don't put two or more together). And the examples were already getting almost to the point of silliness (e.g. 16 as 1_6), without embarking on a world-tour of numbering systems.

Thanks for the link: I did have a quick look; I was wrong about the myriad grouping; it's been about 15 years since I last encountered that, so I'm not overly surprised that it wasn't fresh in my memory.

— Ken

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Re^6: Printing to stdout an array of strings and scalar references by roboticus (Chancellor) on Oct 27, 2017 at 04:23 UTC
kcott: Yeah, there are lakhs of ways to skin a cat... ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re^7: Printing to stdout an array of strings and scalar references by kcott (Archbishop) on Oct 27, 2017 at 04:40 UTC
Just don't say that to the old crore with a houseful of them. [One dreadful pun deserves another.] ++ It's good to get a chuckle immediately upon logging in. Thanks. — Ken	[reply]
Re^8: Printing to stdout an array of strings and scalar references by roboticus (Chancellor) on Oct 27, 2017 at 14:49 UTC
kcott: Took me a moment, then nearly sprayed coffee on my monitor... ;^) ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]