Could one split a number in a source file?

[Shin]

I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

Thanks,

-- Shin

[Barry Margolin]

In article <382a77c5...@news.iddeo.es>, Shin <f...@retemail.es> wrote:
>I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
>allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

The following is the best I can come up with:

(setq x
#.(parse-integer
(concatenate 'string
"12345"
"67891"
"23456"
...))

Also, if those 379 digits are the result of a computation, you can make the
reader do the computation for you by using '#.'.

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[Raffael Cavallaro]

In article <382a77c5...@news.iddeo.es>, f...@retemail.es (Shin) wrote:

>I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
>allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

Couldn't you also just read it in from a file?

Raf

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[Clemens Heitzinger]

Shin <f...@retemail.es> wrote:

> I have to setq a variable to an integer that has 379 digits, is
> allowed to split the number somehow or must it be in a sole line?

In the listener: don't split it.

When reading from a file: it's easier to read when the number is not
splitted; of course you can always read the parts and paste them
together.

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Clemens Heitzinger
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