in reply to Re^4: Shortest way to replace a string
in thread Shortest way to replace a string

It does not match ٧, though.

Deliberately so.

The day anyone shows me a real program doing math with non-Hindu-Arabic numerals, I'll consider that as a requirement.

And then disregard it completely unless it is explicitly specified.

In just the same way that I do not walk around permanently looking up -- just in case an iceberg should fall from the sky -- I do not program to cater for marginal, statistically unlikely, possibilities, unless there is some realistic expectation that they may occur.

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