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Amusing Ordity: Ord Range Behavior

by QM (Parson)
on Aug 06, 2013 at 08:43 UTC ( [id://1048061]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

QM has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Not a question, just seems like a nice distraction for this sleep deprived monk.

Testing out a code snippet in the debugger today, only a cup or two shy of my caffeine requirements, I tried this:

DB<1> x ord('a'..'g') 0 49

...which I recognize as not being correct, but wondered about the return value, 49. Immediately I fixed it like this:

DB<2> x map {ord} 'a'..'g' 0 97 1 98 2 99 3 100 4 101 5 102 6 103

But I wondered where 49 came from. Then it hit me:

DB<3> x chr(ord('a'..'g')) 0 1

Which made me think of this:

DB<4> x chr(ord(()=('a'..'g'))) 0 7

Bonus ++points for guessing what ord is up to here =)

-QM
--
Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

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Re: Amusing Ordity: Ord Range Behavior
by kcott (Archbishop) on Aug 06, 2013 at 10:42 UTC
      Brilliant!

      -QM
      --
      Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

Re: Amusing Ordity: Ord Range Behavior
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 06, 2013 at 08:47 UTC

        I guessed. Wrong :)


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        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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Re: Amusing Ordity: Ord Range Behavior
by choroba (Cardinal) on Aug 06, 2013 at 08:55 UTC
      Isn't this rather a meditation?
      Yes, perhaps it is. I have no problem with it being moved.

      -QM
      --
      Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of

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