Could one split a number in a source file?

From: Shin
Subject: Could one split a number in a source file?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <382a77c5.4362001@news.iddeo.es>

I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

Thanks,

-- Shin

Re: Could one split a number in a source file? Barry Margolin
Re: Could one split a number in a source file? Raffael Cavallaro
Re: Could one split a number in a source file? Clemens Heitzinger

From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: Could one split a number in a source file?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <yrEW3.101$vE2.3543@burlma1-snr2>

In article <················@news.iddeo.es>, Shin <···@retemail.es> wrote:
>I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
>allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

The following is the best I can come up with:

(setq x
      #.(parse-integer
	  (concatenate 'string
		      "12345"
		      "67891"
		      "23456"
		      ...))

Also, if those 379 digits are the result of a computation, you can make the
reader do the computation for you by using '#.'.

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From: Raffael Cavallaro
Subject: Re: Could one split a number in a source file?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <raffael-1111991713410001@raffaele.ne.mediaone.net>

In article <················@news.iddeo.es>, ···@retemail.es (Shin) wrote:

>I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
>allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

Couldn't you also just read it in from a file?

Raf

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Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
·······@mediaone.net

From: Clemens Heitzinger
Subject: Re: Could one split a number in a source file?
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <1e14h75.tifwkxbri4eiN%cheitzin@ag.or.at>

Shin <···@retemail.es> wrote:

> I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
> allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

In the listener: don't split it.

When reading from a file: it's easier to read when the number is not
splitted; of course you can always read the parts and paste them
together.

-- 
Clemens Heitzinger
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