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Subject: Mathematical routines
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 Date: 08-14-90 (20:27)              Number: 3652 (Echo)
   To: R.BERKEY [ROBERT]             Refer#: 3607
 From: ZAFAR ESSAK                     Read: NO
 Subj: MATHEMATICAL ROUTINES         Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 Thankyou Robert, and thanks to Colin Plumb for responding to my 
 question about catalogue numbers where a following blank is significant 
 and different from a 0. 

 Robert's solution of using BASE 36 works fine but it surprised me in 
 that it is not really using base 36 but rather treating everything from 
 decimal 32 to 68 as valid "numeric" characters.  This includes all 
 kinds of punctuation.  Whereas "36 BASE !" would include all numerals 0 
 to 9, and alphas from A to Z as valid "numeric" characters, but not 
 include the punctuation.  However, it does solve the problem of 
 converting the strings to unique double numbers for purpose of an 
 index. 

 Furthermore, I noticed by your example that " 078.1" implies that in 
 your system the Forth word " can be used in the interpretative mode, 
 not just when compiling.  Is this true? 

 Zafar. 
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