Gerard Schildberger

By the way, the JUGGLER.REX program is designed to show "juggler numbers", that is, numbers in the "juggler" sequence. It has two modes of operation: one mode to show the largest integer when a juggler sequence starts with a particular number, to show the number of steps before completing (ending in unity), and show the biggest integer in the sequence and what "index"/position it is in the sequence. The other mode is similar to the first mode, but is shows how many decimal digits the largest sequence...

Darn re-formater. The 2nd sentence should be: ... uses x * x * x and ... (the multiplication of three X's.)

difference between x**3 versus x*x*x

Oop-say. When I mentioned Windows (95, 97, XP, 7) ---- I meant to say Windows (95. 98, XP, 7). ---- Gerard Schildberger

Note that I didn't specify the filetype (file extension) on the invocation. If one does use a filetype (or file extension), that is what Regina will report. If I specify: REGINA CALC.rEx Regina returns the filetype just as I typed it on the command line. ________________________________ Gerard Schildberger

This is executing on Windows/XP and also on Windows 10, using all versions of Regina REXX from 3.2 ---> 3.9.3 ___________________________________ Gerard Schildberger

Regina REXX is translating the file extension (filetype) when doing a PARSE SOURCE

They aren't converted to numeric values. They are numeric values. No conversion necessary. It was just wearing a different coat. g= 67 m= '67' n= 6 || 7 p= 6'7' q= '6'7 r=' '6' || "7" are all exactly the same. a= 'alpha' b= ' alpha ' if a=b then say 'a,b are equal.' c= '0101' d= 100 + 1 if c=d then say 'c,d are equal.' in the case of comparing a and b, it's a character comparison, in the case of comparing c and d, it's a numeric comparison. In both of the comparisons, they are equal (a=b, and c=d)...