Re: Non-numeric characters clarification

2008-12-24 Thread Abhishek Reddy
This is what I'm seeing in Clojure rev 1185: user=> '+x +x user=> '+5x java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid number: +5x Cheers On 12/25/08, Stephen C. Gilardi wrote: > > Numeric characters are the digits 0 through 9. Are you seeing some > behavior that suggests otherwise? > > Symbols can b

Re: Non-numeric characters clarification

2008-12-24 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Wednesday 24 December 2008 16:23, Abhishek Reddy wrote: > Hi, > > http://clojure.org/reader says symbols "begin with a non-numeric > character and can contain alphanumeric characters and *, + ..." > > What are the numeric characters? It seems to include '+' and '-' as > well as digits -- is th

Re: Non-numeric characters clarification

2008-12-24 Thread Stephen C. Gilardi
Numeric characters are the digits 0 through 9. Are you seeing some behavior that suggests otherwise? Symbols can begin with + or - . --Steve On Dec 24, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Abhishek Reddy wrote: > > Hi, > > http://clojure.org/reader says symbols "begin with a non-numeric > character and can c