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isnum -> isdec / ishex #96582 03/09/04 12:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,063 D Doqnach OP Hoopy frood
OP Doqnach Hoopy frood D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,063	an addition for isnum to incorporate decimal and hex... currently I check for hex using: Code: alias ishex { if (!$len($remove($1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,a,b,c,d,e,f))) return $true else return $false } which is a very simple and fast (non-regexp) solution... but since hex is a highly used system it might be nice to have a build in way like isnum (note: this isn't some high priority thing... just a nice idea which is easely scripted) If it ain't broken, don't fix it!

Re: isnum -> isdec / ishex #96583 03/09/04 02:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 788 Wales, United Kingdom. C Coolkill Hoopy frood
Coolkill Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 788 Wales, United Kingdom.	Personally, I doubt I would use 'ishex', nor would many others, however thats not to say it couldnt be a valuable addition. Eamonn.

Re: isnum -> isdec / ishex #96584 03/09/04 09:38 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 147 N nalAAlan Vogon poet
nalAAlan Vogon poet N Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 147	isbinary for auto binary translaters.

Re: isnum -> isdec / ishex #96585 03/09/04 10:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 208 H Hrung Fjord artisan
Hrung Fjord artisan H Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 208	This is actually something that i've occasionally needed. It is really easy to script with regex or whatnot, but a built-in version might be nice. If I knew now what I will know then... maybe things will have been different...

Re: isnum -> isdec / ishex #96586 04/09/04 12:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 266 Australia Z zack Fjord artisan
zack Fjord artisan Z Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 266 Australia	alias ishex if ($1 == $base($1,16,16)) return $true You won't like it when I get angry.

Re: isnum -> isdec / ishex #96587 04/09/04 01:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523 Q qwerty Hoopy frood
qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	This would fail with numbers like 00012EF. You could use $base($1,16,16,$len($1)) to fix it. /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

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