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From: wscott@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Wayne H Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: overloading operators
Message-ID: <1990Nov25.213837.10655@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 25 Nov 90 21:38:37 GMT
References: <BAGCHI.90Nov25154728@snarf.eecs.umich.edu>
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In article <BAGCHI.90Nov25154728@snarf.eecs.umich.edu> bagchi@eecs.umich.edu (Ranjan Bagchi) writes:
>
>	Is there any way I can take a function, such as '+', and
>modify it to apply to data-structures (Tagged, I suppose) which it
>didn't previously?
>	I've been screwing around with simulating matrices with nested
>lists, and would be much happier if I could multiply 'em with 'x', as
>opposed to calling a function called 'mult'.
> 
>	Ah, well...
>
> 	-rj

You can write your routine called 'mult' that will handle all of the data
type you want and then assign that function to the 'x' key with:
	<< prog >> 75 ASN

Then put the calculator in user mode and you are all set!

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