[Newbies] Re: Shouldn't 7r6.5 be the same as 7r65 * 0.1

Hi Ken,

on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:51:00 +0200, you wrote:

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 20:30 +0200, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:

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Would some good soul please explain what

Number readFrom: '7r6.5'

should return. It is apparently not the same as 7r65 * 0.1 and before I dig deeper (why does this happen, is it a bug or feature) I'd appreciate that someone confirms or rejects (bug | feature).

Thank you.

/Klaus

Because in the expression

7r65 * 0.1

the first value is in base 7 whereas the second is in base 10

7r65 * 7r0.1 IS the same valus as 7r6.5.

Ah! This equation cut my knot, thank you Ken.

/Klaus

Ken