Very fast NEW division routine with string math...

[Pete]

I wouldn't like that trade off losing the ability to use %,$, etc. on variables, either. That stated, if there was a way to make FUNCTION sm(x$) AS STRING, as per your example, that would be cool.

To me, I'm not seeing a good "One size fits all." method here.

Several methods could be made, the best one would depend on best meeting the needs of the program. While function is a neat compact way to PRINT the results when working explicitly with numeric literals, it's not so hot when we need to work with variables.

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DEFSTR A-C
a = "24"
b = "4"
sm a, "*", b: PRINT c

SUB sm (a, c, b)
    PRINT a, c, b
    SELECT CASE c
        CASE "*"
        CASE "/"
        CASE "+"
        CASE "-"
    END SELECT
    c = runningtotal$
END SUB

Or... we just DIM STRING and call each string math sub like sm_mult a, b, c... sm_div a, b, c... etc.

Or with a DIM STRING and function... PRINT sm_mult$ (a, b) or c = sm_mult$ (a, b) to place the results in a variable, like a sub would.

Anyone have any particular preferences or other sub/function call variants?

Pete

PS Thanks for the link. I actually had to make a spelling edit on that page before coming back.