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Existing CAS commands --> Prime discussion
11-08-2019, 08:12 AM
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RE: Existing CAS commands --> Prime discussion
(11-08-2019 01:00 AM)toml_12953 Wrote:  
(11-08-2019 12:57 AM)compsystems Wrote:  increment(a,1) stores the result of a: = a+1

No, it doesn't. It increments a temporary copy of a, not a itself. That's why you have to store the result back to the variable a yourself.

a:=increment(a,1)

In Xcas, increment(a,1) gets turned into a+=1, incrementing a in place.

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