[REBOL] Re: Using a Math oper. buried in a variable
From: mumpsoid:gmx at: 2-Apr-2009 14:26
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Gregg Irwin wrote:
> Hi Duke,
>
> DN> I want to do something like:
> DN> num1: = 6
> DN> num2: = 5
> DN> op: "*"
> DN> print [num1 op num2]
>
> DN> and get 30 as the result. How in the %^-#*& do you do this in REBOL?
>
> I addition to Tom's answer, this may help explain word usage:
>
> http://www.rebol.com/docs/core23/rebolcore-4.html#section-5.2
>
> As with most things in REBOL, there are a number of ways to do what
> you want. Here's another one:
>
> >> num1: 6
> == 6
> >> num2: 5
> == 5
> >> op: :*
> >> op num1 num2
> == 30
> >> print [op num1 num2]
> 30
>
> -- Gregg
>> num1
== 5
>> num2
== 6
>> op num1 num2
== 6
>> print [op num1 num2]
* 5 6
>>
?????
--
Duke Normandin
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