RE: RE: RE (tilly) 2: Adding 2 + 2

[BlaisePascal]

Is that integer range "between 1 and 3" inclusive or exclusive? You might want to include some error-checking:

{
  print "Pick an integer between 1 and 3 (exclusive):"
  $mynum1 = <STDIN>;
  (print "Follow instructions!\n"),redo 
     unless ($mynum < 3) and ($mynum > 1) and ($mynum == int($mynum));
}

[KM]

1 2 3
  ^
  |_ between

Cheers,
KM

[BlaisePascal]

So you are saying that when the state lottery instructions say "choose 6 numbers between 1 and 48", and the winning numbers are 1,4,17,24,36, and 48, then -nobody- should have won?

"Between 1 and 3" is ambiguous in (American) English, with the most common meaning being inclusive.

[KM]

then -nobody- should have won?

Yes, that is what I am saying. When I say "Look at what is between those two trees", I expect someone to look between the trees, and not at them :) If I meant the number 1, 2 and 3 I would say 'an integer from 1 to 3'. Pretty literal.

Cheers,
KM

[turnstep]

Maybe they mean you can *any number* between 1 and 48, as long as you round your answer to fit their input restrictions. So technically you play the numbers 1.000001 and 47.83221 :)