Re: [q-lang-users] Bug?

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Eddie Rucker wrote:
> sprintf "%g" 1+3
> => "4"
> sprintf "%g" 1*3
> => "1"*3
> 
> Is this a bug?

Nope. :) sprintf "%g" 1 => "1", and "1" happens to be a Char which is an
enumeration type, thus "1"+3 is the third successor of "1", which (in
Unicode as well as in ASCII) is "4".

Q is a sharp knife, you know... ;-)

Albert

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