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February 2018

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Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 17:23, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

FOCAL question

You recently added a statement to the FOCAL article about string conversion. I have seen this in things like IF (A=0YES)... Do you have any further details on this? For instance, what exactly does "0YES" convert to, that is, what is its numeric value after conversion? Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:15, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

The zero at the beginning coerces it to a numeric (Maybe "coerce" is the wrong term, since there is no other type. "identifies" may be better) The alpha characters are given numeric values according to their position in the alphabet: A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. (with the exception of E). This continues past ten; so K, the 11th letter, has a value of 11. Then they're treated like ordinary digits. So, using the word "FOCAL" as an example:

F = 6

O = 15

C= 3

A = 1

L = 12

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That puts:

6 in the ten-thousands column

15 in the thousands column

3 in the hundreds column

1 in the tens column

12 in the ones column

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So, 60,000 + 15,000 + 300 + 10 + 12 = 75,322

(if I've done my math right, but you get the idea)

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E is a special case. Instead of having the value 5 in keeping with the pattern, E means "times ten to the power of"

So, "0YES" would be 25 in the ones column, times ten to the power of 19 (S is the 19th letter, in the ones place)

= 250,000,000,000,000,000,000

= 250 quintillion

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"MENTOR" would be:

13 (M in the ones column)

times ten to the power of

14,000 (N in the thousands column) +

2,000 (T in the hundreds column) +

150 (O in the tens column) +

18 (R in the ones column)

= 13 followed by 16,168 zeroes, whatever that works out to.

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You can see how words containing an "E" would be problematic. 108.237.205.1 (talk) 23:24, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

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