odd and even numbers

[kee nethery]

OK I'll toss in a combo.

put ((last char of trunc(x)) mod 2) = 0 into isOdd

allows for a floating value of "x" which it should never be given but would be nice if it could handle
allows for a quick mod calculation of a single digit rather than whatever the entire value of "x" is (perhaps speeds up execution?)

Kee Nethery


On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Paul D. DeRocco <pderocco at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>> From: dunbarx at aol.com
>> 
>> Just ask yourself this"
>> 
>> answer testNumber mod 2
>> 
>> If you get a "1", testnumber is odd, if a "0", even.
> 
> Careful, x mod 2 will be -1 for a negative odd number. Better to test for
> zero (even) or nonzero (odd).
> 
> By the way bitwise AND normally works for negative or positive numbers on a
> two's complement machine (which is probably every machine that LiveCode ever
> has or ever will run on. In C, one can test for an odd integer with x & 1.
> Yet bitAnd doesn't work on negative numbers. It is documented that way, but
> I think this is an unnecessary and unexpected limitation.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco at ix.netcom.com 
> 
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