exponentiate, exponentiate and assign

[thacket]

Hello to All,

I am not where to put this but I am translating some code from 'C' to 'FreeBasic'. Without going into detail, I had a couple of frustrating minute before I snapped to the problem:

Language Operator Function Label
C ^= XX ^= YY is XX = XX ^ YY is XX = (XX XOR YY) Bitwise XOR assignment
FreeBasic ^= XX ^= YY is XX = XX raised to the power of YY Exponentiate and assign

I am assuming there are a couple of other gotchas as well. I really like FreeBasic; is there a way to add something like this to the documentation? Also for the '^' operator documentation? Thanks for your time.

All the Best,
John

[thacket]

Let me try this again:

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Language    Operator    Function                                                  Label

    C          ^=       XX ^= YY   is   XX = XX ^ YY   is   XX = (XX XOR YY)      Bitwise XOR assignment
FreeBasic      ^=       XX ^= YY   is   XX = XX raised to the power of YY         Exponentiate and assign

I hope this is a little clearer. Thanks for your patience.

All the Best,
John

[codeFoil]

Logical operators and operators for exponents and remainders are the most common differences between programming language families. When you're porting from one to another, it's a good idea to just keep the list of operators and their precedence handy. Check the wiki for the operator precedence page. All the operator are there.

In BASIC, arithmetic is usually performed with symbols (except mod), and logical and bitwise operations use keywords.

[counting_pine]

I suppose another Gotcha might be & and &= which perform concatenation instead of bitwise AND.
The pages for these operations can be found in wiki form where they can be edited. e.g. KeyPgOpConcatConvert

[counting_pine]

OK, I've added a note to these pages:
KeyPgOpExponentiate
KeyPgOpCombineExponentiate
KeyPgOpConcatConvert
KeyPgOpCombineConcat

[TJF]

OK, I've added a note to these pages:
KeyPgOpExponentiate
KeyPgOpCombineExponentiate
KeyPgOpConcatConvert
KeyPgOpCombineConcat

Shall we really document C / C++ syntax in FreeBasic keyword Wiki pages? (It may confuse beginners.)

I think it's good to document syntax differences to get new translators started, but this shouldn't be done in an extra section.

[thacket]

Hello,

Thanks for the added notes on these operators; Not too verbose and not too sparse. In my opinion, a one or two sentence note is just right. If I run into other ones like that, I will let you know. I have no doubt that some definitions should not be modified. Take care.

All the Best,
John