Arc Forum | That sounds a lot like Tcl. Or even shell: $ A="345" $ echo $(($A+1)) 346

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1 point by akkartik 4848 days ago | link | parent

That sounds a lot like Tcl. Or even shell:

  $ A="345"
  $ echo $(($A+1))
  346

2 points by jsgrahamus 4848 days ago | link

  Mumps Interpreter V11.0 Fri Jun 08 11:19:45 2012

  > s a="345"
  > w a+1,!
  346
  > s a=" 123" ; With a space at the front, it does not qualify
  > w a+1,!    ; as a number and defaults to 0
  124
  >

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1 point by akkartik 4848 days ago | link

Wait, if the second a defaults to 0, shouldn't the final result be 1?

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2 points by jsgrahamus 4848 days ago | link

Should have looked before I typed.

Actually it should have been 1. That version of MUMPS acts different than the other 2 systems I have on my PC.

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