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OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) [message #171344 is a reply to message #171299]

Thu, 30 December 2010 14:35

August Karlstrom
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Registered: October 2010

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On 2010-12-30 05:47, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 12/29/2010 8:07 PM, August Karlstrom wrote:
>> On 2010-12-29 11:42, Derek Turner wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:07:55 -0700, richard wrote:
>>>
>>>> <?php if ($year="1961")
>>>
>>> This simply sets $year to "1961" and will always return 'true'
>>
>> ...which is more or less a flaw in the language design copied from C.
>
> Not at all. == is a completely different operator than =. Just like ++
> is not the same as +.

The equal sign `=' has been used in mathematics since medieval times to
denote equality. To use `==' for equality and `=' for something else
(assignment) is not sensible.

/August

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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own
skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids
clever tricks like the plague. --Edsger Dijkstra

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		using same variable twice on same page By: richard on Wed, 29 December 2010 05:07
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Adrienne Boswell on Wed, 29 December 2010 06:56
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 29 December 2010 11:25
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 December 2010 13:19
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Evan Platt on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:10
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:21
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 December 2010 17:11
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: richard on Wed, 29 December 2010 16:02
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 29 December 2010 16:44
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Evan Platt on Wed, 29 December 2010 16:59
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Derek Turner on Wed, 29 December 2010 10:42
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: August Karlstrom on Thu, 30 December 2010 01:07
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Thu, 30 December 2010 01:31
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 30 December 2010 04:47
		OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: August Karlstrom on Thu, 30 December 2010 14:35
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 30 December 2010 15:57
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: Jim Higgins on Thu, 30 December 2010 18:36
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: sheldonlg on Wed, 12 January 2011 15:50
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: richard on Thu, 30 December 2010 19:21
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: August Karlstrom on Thu, 30 December 2010 19:45
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: sheldonlg on Wed, 12 January 2011 15:53
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: Norman Peelman on Thu, 30 December 2010 23:43
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 31 December 2010 02:07
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: August Karlstrom on Fri, 31 December 2010 10:14
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 31 December 2010 10:47
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: Jim Higgins on Fri, 31 December 2010 16:12
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: me on Fri, 31 December 2010 16:33
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: sheldonlg on Wed, 12 January 2011 15:57
		Re: OT: Assignment operator By: Sherm Pendley on Wed, 12 January 2011 16:05
		Re: OT: Assignment operator By: spambait on Wed, 12 January 2011 18:43
		Re: OT: Assignment operator By: spambait on Wed, 12 January 2011 18:47
		Re: OT: Assignment operator By: sheldonlg on Wed, 12 January 2011 23:14
		Re: OT: Assignment operator (Was: using same variable twice on same page) By: Jim Higgins on Wed, 12 January 2011 20:28
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 30 December 2010 09:26
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Tim Streater on Thu, 30 December 2010 10:13
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 30 December 2010 13:05
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 31 December 2010 01:57
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Tim Streater on Fri, 31 December 2010 09:57
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: sheldonlg on Wed, 12 January 2011 15:54
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Peter H. Coffin on Thu, 30 December 2010 13:35
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: The Natural Philosoph on Fri, 31 December 2010 01:59
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 December 2010 13:21
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 29 December 2010 14:15
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:00
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Derek Turner on Wed, 29 December 2010 17:22
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Luuk on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:05
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: spambait on Wed, 05 January 2011 01:10
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: richard on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:57
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 29 December 2010 16:53
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 29 December 2010 17:21
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 29 December 2010 18:00
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Derek Turner on Wed, 29 December 2010 17:44
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:02
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 29 December 2010 15:15
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Tim Streater on Wed, 29 December 2010 22:53
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 29 December 2010 23:05
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 30 December 2010 09:24
		Re: using same variable twice on same page By: spambait on Wed, 05 January 2011 01:00

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