Re: Re: Newbie tying to launch file

gatesphere <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:12:18 -0400
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On 4/15/2013 6:59 PM, giovanni.angello wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thank you...I was saving the file as fibb.io.txt instead of fibb.io 
> (Windows Explorer drops the ".txt" extension for some reason...I 
> didn't see it until I typed a "dir" in the command prompt!!)
>
> As for surrounding the file with "====" I get an
> Exception "Object does respond to '===='
>
> So when I took the "====" out, it ran fine.
>
Yeah, he probably meant just the stuff in between those ==== marks.
>
>
> Then my next question is - How do I run a file and interact with it 
> afterwards? say I run my method and instead of having to add the 
> second line in my file (fb(9)println), I run the file (fb method) and 
> invoke fb(9)later in Io to get the result...34
>
> fb := method(n, a := 1; b := 0; n repeat(c := a+b; a := b; b := c) 
> return c)
>
> Io>fb(9)println (remove this from file and run interactive)
>
In an Io session, do:

io> doFile("fib.io")
io> fib(9) println

etc.
>
> Thank you so much. Giovanni
>
> --- In [email protected] 
> <mailto:iolanguage%40yahoogroups.com>, Steve Dekorte <steve@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2013-04-14 Sun, at 08:15 AM, giovanni.angello 
> <giovanni.angello@...> wrote:
> > > Does anyone have any ideas? Thanx! ~Giovanni
> >
> > if you put the text withing the ====:
> >
> > ====
> > fib := method(n,
> > x := 0
> > y := 1
> > i := 0
> > while(i < n,
> > t := x
> > x := y
> > y := t + y
> > i := i + 1
> > )
> > x
> >
> > )
> >
> > fib(3) println
> > ====
> >
> > in the file fib.io and run:
> >
> > io fib.io
> >
> > on the command line, it should print 2.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Steve
> >
>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/15/2013 6:59 PM, giovanni.angello
      wrote:<br>
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            <p>Hi Steve,<br>
              <br>
              Thank you...I was saving the file as fibb.io.txt instead
              of fibb.io (Windows Explorer drops the ".txt" extension
              for some reason...I didn't see it until I typed a "dir" in
              the command prompt!!)<br>
              <br>
              As for surrounding the file with "====" I get an <br>
              Exception "Object does respond to '===='<br>
              <br>
              So when I took the "====" out, it ran fine. <br>
            </p>
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    Yeah, he probably meant just the stuff in between those ==== marks.<br>
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              <br>
              Then my next question is - How do I run a file and
              interact with it afterwards? say I run my method and
              instead of having to add the second line in my file
              (fb(9)println), I run the file (fb method) and invoke
              fb(9)later in Io to get the result...34<br>
              <br>
              fb := method(n, a := 1; b := 0; n repeat(c := a&#43;b; a := b;
              b := c) return c) <br>
              <br>
              Io&gt;fb(9)println (remove this from file and run
              interactive)<br>
              <br>
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    In an Io session, do:<br>
    <br>
    io&gt; doFile("fib.io")<br>
    io&gt; fib(9) println<br>
    <br>
    etc.<br>
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              Thank you so much. Giovanni<br>
              <br>
              --- In <a moz="true" href="mailto:iolanguage%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>,
              Steve Dekorte <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:steve@...">&lt;steve@...&gt;</a> wrote:<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; On 2013-04-14 Sun, at 08:15 AM, giovanni.angello
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:giovanni.angello@...">&lt;giovanni.angello@...&gt;</a> wrote:<br>
              &gt; &gt; Does anyone have any ideas? Thanx! ~Giovanni<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; if you put the text withing the ====:<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; ====<br>
              &gt; fib := method(n, <br>
              &gt; x := 0<br>
              &gt; y := 1<br>
              &gt; i := 0<br>
              &gt; while(i &lt; n,<br>
              &gt; t := x<br>
              &gt; x := y<br>
              &gt; y := t + y<br>
              &gt; i := i + 1<br>
              &gt; )<br>
              &gt; x<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; )<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; fib(3) println<br>
              &gt; ====<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; in the file fib.io and run:<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; io fib.io<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; on the command line, it should print 2.<br>
              &gt; <br>
              &gt; Hope this helps,<br>
              &gt; Steve<br>
              &gt;<br>
              <br>
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