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  • peter@clgus
    #1

    Bug?

    Hello

    Ive recently found that you cannot type anything over 7 into a number that is preceded with a 0.
    ex:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 01[/color][/color][/color]
    1[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 07[/color][/color][/color]
    7[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 08[/color][/color][/color]
    SyntaxError: invalid token[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 011[/color][/color][/color]
    9[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 017[/color][/color][/color]
    15[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 077[/color][/color][/color]
    63[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>> 078[/color][/color][/color]
    SyntaxError: invalid token

    I know this isnt that big of a problem,
    but i cannot think of one reason why they would not allow numbers preceded with a 0 to have a number
    higher then a 7 in them...
    And it seems very inconsistant to me...

    Is there a reason for this?

    Thanks
    Peter



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    • Artie Gold
      #2
      Re: Bug?

      peter@clgus wrote:[color=blue]
      > Hello
      >
      > Ive recently found that you cannot type anything over 7 into a number that is preceded with a 0.
      > ex:[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 01[/color][/color]
      > 1[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 07[/color][/color]
      > 7[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 08[/color][/color]
      > SyntaxError: invalid token[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 011[/color][/color]
      > 9[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 017[/color][/color]
      > 15[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 077[/color][/color]
      > 63[color=green][color=darkred]
      > >>> 078[/color][/color]
      > SyntaxError: invalid token
      >
      > I know this isnt that big of a problem,
      > but i cannot think of one reason why they would not allow numbers preceded with a 0 to have a number
      > higher then a 7 in them...
      > And it seems very inconsistant to me...
      >
      > Is there a reason for this?
      >[/color]

      Yup. ;-)

      Numbers beginning with a `0' are in octal (base 8), so only the digits
      `0' through `7' are valid.

      HTH,
      --ag

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      Artie Gold -- Austin, Texas
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