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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2022-04-23 10:44:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2022-04-23 10:44:28 -0400 |
| commit | b08a79d7f0108b2e587bb348f13635329549eaf0 (patch) | |
| tree | 2aadc9d09724951a3ba776aec49269a4bf5c8edc /docs/tutorial/expression.html | |
| parent | d9017928786dc30cc58f2610c7e76bd279e6eaf8 (diff) | |
Explain ¯ in the first tutorial (fixes #65)
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diff --git a/docs/tutorial/expression.html b/docs/tutorial/expression.html index ed446ae2..912b6666 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/expression.html +++ b/docs/tutorial/expression.html @@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ <td>Negate</td> <td>Subtract</td> </tr> + <tr> + <td><span class='Number'>¯</span></td> + <td><kbd>\9</kbd></td> + <td colspan='2'>Negative</td> + </tr> </table> <p>Shown above are a few arithmetic operations. BQN manages to pass as a normal programming language for three lines so far. That's a big accomplishment for BQN! Earth's a confusing place!</p> -<p>The number of spaces between <em>primitive functions</em> like <code><span class='Function'>+</span></code> and <code><span class='Function'>-</span></code> and their <em>arguments</em> doesn't matter: you can use as much or as little as you like. No spaces inside numbers, of course.</p> +<p>The number of spaces between <em>primitive functions</em> like <code><span class='Function'>+</span></code> and <code><span class='Function'>-</span></code> and their <em>arguments</em> doesn't matter: you can use as much or as little as you like. No spaces inside numbers, of course. On that note, there's a special minus sign <code><span class='Number'>¯</span></code> for use as part of a number, which you can see in the output <code><span class='Number'>¯1.5</span></code> above (since <code><span class='Function'>-</span><span class='Number'>1.5</span></code> consists of a function and a number it's often less convenient to use).</p> <a class="replLink" title="Open in the REPL" target="_blank" href="https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=MiDDlyDPgAo5IMO3IDIKw7cg4oie">↗️</a><pre> <span class='Number'>2</span> <span class='Function'>×</span> <span class='Number'>π</span> 6.283185307179586 <span class='Number'>9</span> <span class='Function'>÷</span> <span class='Number'>2</span> |