splitting a long token across lines

[Nakamura]

Hi all,

Say, I have a very long integer constant , how can
I split across lines ?
I tried something like
MODULUS = 756756756756756 756756756756756 7\
756750754654698 609486098609486 0\
234564698659869 586954849869898 9\
...
but it doesn't compile.
Is there another way to write a long numeric constant besides writing
it as a string and then converting to long? I also wouldn't like to put
it all on one very long line.

Thanks!

[Elaine Jackson]

Re: splitting a long token across lines

why can't you just write it like this:

MODULUS = A*pow(10,a) + \
B*pow(10,b) + \
C

"Nakamura" <lambajan@yahoo .com> wrote in message
news:ef0c9173.0 404032349.742f5 9e6@posting.goo gle.com...
| Hi all,
|
| Say, I have a very long integer constant , how can
| I split across lines ?
| I tried something like
| MODULUS = 756756756756756 756756756756756 7\
| 756750754654698 609486098609486 0\
| 234564698659869 586954849869898 9\
| ...
| but it doesn't compile.
| Is there another way to write a long numeric constant besides writing
| it as a string and then converting to long? I also wouldn't like to put
| it all on one very long line.
|
| Thanks!

[djw]

Re: splitting a long token across lines

Nakamura wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Say, I have a very long integer constant , how can
> I split across lines ?
> I tried something like
> MODULUS = 756756756756756 756756756756756 7\
> 756750754654698 609486098609486 0\
> 234564698659869 586954849869898 9\
> ...
> but it doesn't compile.
> Is there another way to write a long numeric constant besides writing
> it as a string and then converting to long? I also wouldn't like to put
> it all on one very long line.
>
> Thanks![/color]

Well, I _suppose_ you could do this:


MODULUS = "75675675675675 675675675675675 67"\
756750754654698 609486098609486 0"\
234564698659869 586954849869898 9"\
...

MODULUS = int(MODULUS)

I'm sure I'm going to have to take some flak for this, though. I
wouldn't do it. What's wrong with really long lines? Anything you do
that I can see is going to obscure your code.

-D

[djw]

Re: splitting a long token across lines

djw wrote:
[color=blue]
> Nakamura wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Say, I have a very long integer constant , how can
>> I split across lines ?
>> I tried something like
>> MODULUS = 756756756756756 756756756756756 7\
>> 756750754654698 609486098609486 0\
>> 234564698659869 586954849869898 9\
>> ...
>> but it doesn't compile.
>> Is there another way to write a long numeric constant besides writing
>> it as a string and then converting to long? I also wouldn't like to put
>> it all on one very long line.
>>
>> Thanks![/color]
>
>
> Well, I _suppose_ you could do this:
>
>
> MODULUS = "75675675675675 675675675675675 67"\
> 756750754654698 609486098609486 0"\
> 234564698659869 586954849869898 9"\
> ...
>
> MODULUS = int(MODULUS)
>
> I'm sure I'm going to have to take some flak for this, though. I
> wouldn't do it. What's wrong with really long lines? Anything you do
> that I can see is going to obscure your code.
>
> -D[/color]

Oops, I forgot some quotation marks there, but you get the idea.

-D

[Josiah Carlson]

Re: splitting a long token across lines

> MODULUS = 756756756756756 756756756756756 7\[color=blue]
> 756750754654698 609486098609486 0\
> 234564698659869 586954849869898 9\
> ...[/color]

Seems that you cannot use line continuation for integers. Unfortunate.

However, using strings to store the value, then later converting it
doesn't incur a significant overhead, as long as you are only
initializing MODULUS once.

MODULUS = '75675675675675 675675675675675 67'\
'75675075465469 860948609860948 60'\
'23456469865986 958695484986989 89'\
...

MODULUS = int(MODULUS)

- Josiah