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Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? [message #14199 is a reply to message #14130]

Tue, 02 February 1999 00:00

Jack Saba
Messages: 30
Registered: January 1996

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Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
>
:
> The problem is the "null" - it ought to be something other than an
> integer/long/long64. Ok, so maybe -2LL^63 would do... and of course
> you'd need to keep compatible, so you need WHERE(..,/null)
>
:
>
> How'bout {} ? :-) I'm not *just* kidding. [] work as both array
> constructors and indexing brackets, so {} could work as both
> structure constructors and indexing brackets..

Differences in function based on differences in types of brackets will
lead
to confusion -- in part because of the difficulty of distinguishing {
and [
and ( in some fonts.

The idea of a switch on the WHERE function sounds much better.

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		N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: rmlongfield on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: davidf on Wed, 03 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: steinhh on Wed, 03 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: wmc on Wed, 03 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: wmc on Wed, 03 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: Jack Saba on Tue, 02 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: steinhh on Tue, 02 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 01 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: wmc on Mon, 01 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: steinhh on Mon, 01 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: wmc on Mon, 01 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: Mark Buckley on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: davidf on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: David Ritscher on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: David Kastrup on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: R.Bauer on Fri, 29 January 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: David Ritscher on Thu, 04 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: Michael Werger on Thu, 04 February 1999 00:00
		Re: N_ELEMENTS and WHERE: Scalar or Array ? By: Annette Schloss on Wed, 03 February 1999 00:00

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