Re: Whitespace

Stephen Edwards (edwards@CS.VT.EDU)
Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:27:23 -0400

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Message-ID:  <3BA9FCCB.3771301D@cs.vt.edu>
Date:         Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:27:23 -0400
From: Stephen Edwards <edwards@CS.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Whitespace

Justin wrote:
> Wondering if this is an error.. Says in spec that whitespace in an
> expression doesn't matter. So if we get a line of input like so:
> 1 2 + 3

The assignment says:

> White space may be used for clarity or to separate tokens in expressions,
> but no white space is required within an expression.

To clarify, white space *between* tokens is optional and should be
ignored, but no white space can ever occur *within* a single token.
Thus, digits separated by spaces should be interpreted as separate
numbers, not as parts of a single number.

                                -- Steve

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