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From: Manmathan Muthukumarapillai <mannan@daimi.aau.dk>
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Subject: Re: Untyped variables?
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 01:11:15 +0200
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Peter Oliver Monz wrote:
> 
> Hallo!
> 
> I have a Problem by changing a dataconverter form perl to Beta. In the
> converter
> I need the possibilty to use a variable as textobject for transforming and as
> integer for additions. Can I specify a untyped variable in Beta?
> 
> Can you help me?
> 
> peo
> 
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So far as I know, you cannot specify a untyped variable in Beta.

Maybe you need a specialized IntegerObject like this:

------------------------------------------------
ORIGIN '~beta/basiclib/v1.5/betaenv'
--- program: descriptor ---
(# 
   textIntObject:IntegerObject
     (# 
	outText:
	  (# 
	     out:^text;
	  do &text[]->out[];
	     value->out.putInt;
	  exit out[]
	  #);
	inText:
	  (# 
	     in:^text;
	  enter in[]
	  do in.asInt->value;
	  #);
     #);

   obj1,obj2:@textIntObject;
   
do 34->obj1;
   '10'->obj2.inText;
   obj1+obj2->obj2;
   obj2.outText->putline;
   '23'->obj2.inText;
   obj2+12->obj1;
   obj1.outText->putline;
#)
---------------------------------------------

If this isn't what you were looking for then please
explain what you need.

Since I do not know anything about perl, my answer could
be useless...


regards

Mannan

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