User talk:Paddy3118: Difference between revisions

Now, most (if not almost all) Rosetta Code users don't have any sophisticated subroutines/functions of the type that I code up (mine intend to be super-sized versions of general programs. &nbsp; A case in point is my '''$SPELL#''' REXX function that spells '''any''' number you can enter (well, any number up to around &nbsp; <strike>600</strike> &nbsp; 3,000 &nbsp; decimal digits), along with options for spelling currency symbols, exponentiated numbers, use of commas in the translated number, "saying" of decimal points, decimal fractions, exponents, leading signs, American or English spelling (well, more than spelling, the English have a different system that uses milliards and the such), and many other options. &nbsp; One options, expressing numbers as an ordinal (which I intend to add as a Rosetta Code task soon). &nbsp; The use of ordinal numbers will, in turn, become another new Rosetta Code task (also, to be entered soon). &nbsp; I could've just removed (very very very carefully) all the options that weren't needed, but that seemed like a lot of work (crippling of features), and worse, now there would exist multiple versions of the same function (by name), and that would surely be confusing whenever somebody comes across a version that doesn't work (compared to another version of the same name). &nbsp; The program (subroutine/function) that was deleted was a general-purpose error routine that issued a myriad of error conditions (and does some minor fix-ups like enabling console output), as well as insuring that the error message was actually seen by the end-user (i.e., not suppressing error messages), as well as displaying the error message in red &nbsp; (if the terminal supports color). &nbsp; Other features are to add whitespace to the error text (making the error easier to see), as well as what program is issuing the error message, and then set the return code (R.C. or RC) in REXX &nbsp; (or the host environment).