Re: [q-lang-users] Why is this an error

[Tim H. <q...@st...>]

Larry Gregg <lg...@ac...> writes:

> People:
> 
> Why does the following produce a syntax error?
> 
> ==> 7+09
> ! Syntax error
>  >>> 7+09
>       ^
[snip]

> It seems reasonable that 7 + 09 should produce 16, yes?

Seemingly not. Consider:

 | ==> 071
 | 57

Octal means numbers digits go up to 7, hence that syntax error ;)

~Tim
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