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HOW TO RETURN index doc: PUT {} IN where FOR line.no IN keys doc: TREAT LINE RETURN where TREAT LINE: FOR word IN split doc[line.no]: IF word not.in keys where: PUT {} IN where[word] INSERT line.no IN where[word]
PROGRAM ONE WHEEL " Simple model of a dynamical system " written in ACSL 1, circa 1982. INITIAL CINTERVAL CINT = 0.05 ALGORITHM IALG = 4 $ "RK3" CONSTANT X1IO = 0.0, X2IO=0.0, X1DIC=0.0, X2DIC = 0.0 CONSTANT M1 = 25.0, M2=2.0, DF=100.0, K2=5000 CONSTANT TDONE = 15.0 K1 = 1000.0 END $ "OF INITIALIZATION" DYNAMIC DERIVATIVE X3= STEP(0.0) X1D = INTEG((-DF/M1)*(X1D-X2D) - (K1/M1)*(X1-X2), X1DIC) X2D = INTEG((-DF/M1)*(X1D-X2D) - (K1/M1)*(X1-X2), ... (K2/M2)*(X2-X3*5.0), X2DIC) X1 = INTEG(X1D,X1IO) X2 = INTEG(X2D,X2IO) END "OF DERIVATIVE SECTION" TERMT(T .GE. TDONE) END "OF DYNAMIC SECTION" END "OF PROGRAM"
-- simple programming with floating-point #s with Ada.Float_Text_IO; use Ada.Float_Text_IO; procedure Think is A, B : Float := 0.0; -- A and B initially zero; note the period. I, J : Integer := 1; begin A := B * 7.0; I := J * 3; B := Float(I) / A; Put(B); end Think;
/* An Alef program to parse numbers out of * the string returned from /dev/time, and * print them from a separate proc. This is * a rather lame conglomeration of several * examples from Bob Flandrea's Alef * User's Guide */ tuple(int, uint, byte*) strtoui(byte* str, int base) { int val; while(*str != 0 && whitespace(*str)) str ; if(str == nil || *str == 0) return(0, 0, str); while(*str && !whitespace(*str)) { if(!validdigit(*str, base)) return (-1, val, str 1); /* extract digit into val */ str ; } return(1, val, str); } void receive(chan(uint) c) { int s; s = <-c; print("%d\n", s); if (s == 0) terminate(nil); } void main(void) { chan(uint) c; alloc c; proc receive(c); int ret; uint val; int fd; byte *p, buf[128], *newp; fd = open("/dev/time", OREAD|OCEXEC); if (fd >= 0) { read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); for(p = buf; *p; p = newp) { (ret, val, newp) = strtoui(p, 10); if(ret >= 0) c <-= val; if(ret == 0) break; } } }
// the main program, calculate the mean of // some numbers begin integer N; Read Int(N); begin real array Data[1:N]; real sum, avg; integer i; sum:=0; for i:=1 step 1 until N do begin real val; Read Real(val); Data[i]:=if val<0 then -val else val end; for i:=1 step 1 until N do sum:=sum Data[i]; avg:=sum/N; Print Real(avg) end end
Here is a better example, written in the
Algol60 publication language, from
Jean Sammet courtesy of
Glyn Webster.
procedure problem (a, b); value a, b; integer a, b; begin integer k; real e; for k := 2 × (a ÷ 2) 1 step 2 until b do begin e := if prime(k) then sqrt(3 × k sin(k)) else sqrt(4 × k cos(k)); if prime(k) then putlist(k, e, 'prime') else putlist(k, e, 'nonprime') end end problem;
-- Use the Finder to close all applications -- (by Joshua D. Baer) property specialApps : {"Finder"} tell application "Finder" set allApps to name of processes end tell repeat with someParticularApp in allApps if specialApps does not contain someParticularApp then tell application someParticularApp activate quit end tell end if end repeat
;; Very simple example of interactive extension ;; for AutoCAD (Defun c:SF2ACRE () (setq SF (getreal "Enter area in square feet: ")) (setq AGREAGE (/ SF 43560.0)) (alert (strcat "\nThe area in acres is " (rtos ARGEAGE 2 2))) )
BEGIN { if ("'$#argv'"==1) Col="'$1'"; else Col=1 } {Total = $Col; }; END { printf "Total for column %d with %d items: %d\n", Col,NR,Total }
class ACCOUNT feature balance: INTEGER; owner: PERSON; minimum_balance: INTEGER is 1000 open (who: PERSON) is -- Assign the account to owner who. do owner := who end deposit (sum: INTEGER) is -- Deposit sum into the account. do add (sum) end withdraw (sum: INTEGER) is -- Withdraw sum from the account. do add (-sum) end may_withdraw (sum: INTEGER): BOOLEAN is -- Is there enough money to withdraw sum? do Result := (balance >= sum + minimum_balance) end feature {NONE} add (sum: INTEGER) is -- Add sum to the balance. do balance := balance + sum end end -- class ACCOUNT
;; Simple Elisp example (defconst date-pattern-1 "\\(1?[0-9]\\)/\\([123]?[0-9]\\)/\\([0-9][0-9]\\)" "Regexp for one style of data string") (defun replace-all-dates () "Replace 1/27/93 dates with 27-1-93 dates" (interactive) (let ((mcount 0)) (while (re-search-forward date-pattern-1 nil t) (replace-match "\\2-\\1-\\3" nil nil) (setq mcount (+ 1 mcount))) (message (format "Replaced %d dates" mcount))) )
-module(sort). -export([sort/1]). sort([]) -> []; sort([Pivot|Rest]) -> {Smaller, Bigger} = split(Pivot, Rest), lists:append(sort(Smaller), [Pivot|sort(Bigger)]). split(Pivot, L) -> split(Pivot, L, [], []). split(Pivot, [], Smaller, Bigger) -> {Smaller, Bigger}; split(Pivot, [Hd|Tl], Smaller, Bigger) when Hd < Pivot -> split(Pivot, Tl, [Hd|Smaller], Bigger); split(Pivot, [Hd|Tl], Smaller, Bigger) when Hd >= Pivot -> split(Pivot, T, Smaller, [Hd|Bigger]).
Alternative version using Erlang 4.4 features:
-module(sort). -export([sort/1]). sort([Pivot|T]) -> sort([ X || X <- T, X < Pivot]) ++ [Pivot] ++ sort([ X || X <- T, X >= Pivot]); sort([]) -> [].
MODULE Lambda. CONSTRUCT Person/0. FUNCTION Jane, Mary, John: One -> Person. FUNCTION Mother : Person * Person -> Boolean. Mother(x,y) => x=Jane & y=Mary. FUNCTION Wife : Person * Person -> Boolean. Wife(x,y) => x=John & y=Jane. FUNCTION PrimitiveRel : (Person * Person -> Boolean) -> Boolean. PrimitiveRel(r) => r=Mother \/ r=Wife. FUNCTION Rel : (Person * Person -> Boolean) -> Boolean. Rel(r) => PrimitiveRel(r) \/ (SOME [r1,r2] (r = LAMBDA [u] (SOME [z] (r1(Fst(u),z) & r2(z,Snd(u)))) & PrimitiveRel(r1) & PrimitiveRel(r2))).
module AVERAGE: input INCREMENT_AVERAGE(integer); output AVERAGE_VALUE(integer); var TOTAL := 0, NUMBER := 0, : integer in every immediate INCREMENT_AVERAGE do TOTAL := TOTAL + ? INCREMENT_AVERAGE; NUMBER := NUMBER + 1; emit AVERAGE_VALUE (TOTAL / NUMBER) end end.
-- Prime sieve benchmark, adapted from Euphoria 2.0beta demos constant ON = 1, OFF = 0, SIZE = 5000, BATCH = 20 function sieve() sequence flags integer prime, start, count, still_prime count = 0 flags = repeat(ON, SIZE) for i = 1 to SIZE do still_prime = flags[i] if still_prime then prime = 2 * i prime = prime + 1 start = prime + i for k = start to SIZE by prime do flags[k] = OFF end for count = count + 1 end if end for return count end function atom t, cycles, p cycles = 0 t = time() while time() < t + 30 do -- test for 30 seconds for iter = 1 to BATCH do p = sieve() end for cycles = cycles + BATCH end while t = time() - t printf(1, "%6.1f sieves per second\n", cycles / t)
func cmplxplot(z, u) /* DOCUMENT cmplxplot, z, u * plots a scalar complex function of a complex variable. */ { resx=100; resy=100; s=[[sqrt(2./3.),0,1/sqrt(3)],[-1/sqrt(2*3.0),1/sqrt(2.),1/sqrt(3)], [-1/sqrt(2*3.0),-1/sqrt(2.),1/sqrt(3)]]; phi=span(-pi,pi,256); vec=array(double,3,256); vec(1,)=cos(phi); vec(2,)=sin(phi); vec(3,)=1/sqrt(2)(-); f=s(+,)*vec(+,); palette,bytscl(f(2,),top=255),bytscl(f(1,),top=255),bytscl(f(3,),top=255); xmin=min(u.re); xmax=max(u.re); ymin=min(u.im); ymax=max(u.im); zi=array(complex,resx,resy); zi.re=interp2(span(ymin,ymax,resy)(-:1:resx,),span(xmin,xmax,resx)(,-:1:resy), z.re,u.im,u.re); zi.im=interp2(span(ymin,ymax,resy)(-:1:resx,),span(xmin,xmax,resx)(,-:1:resy), z.im,u.im,u.re); // Caution: on some platforms atan(0,0) crashes ! arr=bytscl(atan(zi.im,zi.re+1e-200),cmin=-pi,cmax=pi); pli,arr, xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax; plc,abs(z),u.im,u.re,marks=0; }
/* A program to count words in input files * (from examples at the ICI web site) */ static count_tokens(in) { auto count; count = 0; while (gettoken(in)) ++count; return count; } if (argc < 2) printf("%d\n", count_tokens(stdin)); else { auto f, fn, total; total = 0; forall (fn in interval(argv, 1)) { if (fn == "-") count = count_tokens(stdin); else { auto count; count = count_tokens(f = fopen(fn)); close(f); } printf("%s %d\n", fn, count); total += count; } if (argc > 2) printf("Total %d\n", total); }
# Example from New Mexico Tech Icon # tutorial by John Shipman procedure Quadratic_Roots ( a, b, c ) # Generates the real roots of ax^2+bx+c=0. local d # Discriminant d := b ^ 2 - 4.0 * a * c; # Compute the discriminant if d > 0 then { #-- Two roots suspend ( - b + sqrt ( d ) ) / ( 2.0 * a ); suspend ( - b - sqrt ( d ) ) / ( 2.0 * a ); } #-- Two roots else if d = 0 then suspend - b / ( 2.0 * a ); fail; # No more roots end procedure main () local root # Holds each root generated by the solver local count # Counts the number of roots returned count := 0; every root := Quadratic_Roots ( 1, -4, 3 ) do { #-- The braces {} group the next two statements together write ( "One solution is: x = ", root ); count +:= 1; # Count the roots generated } write ( "The number of solutions was ", count ); end
INTERCAL's main advantage over other programming languages is its simplicity. It has few capabilities, and thus there are few restrictions to be kept in mind. Since it is an exceedingly easy language to learn, one might expect it would be a good language for initiating novice programmers. Perhaps surprising, than [sic], is the fact that it would be more likely to initiate the novice into a search for another line of work.
PLEASE NOTE THIS PROGRAM PRINTS A LIST PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT THE NUMBERS ARE COMPOSITE PLEASE NOTE THIS PROGRAM WAS SWIPED FROM LOUIS HOWELL DO READ OUT #2 DO .10 <- #1 PLEASE COME FROM (23) DO .11 <- !10$#1'~'#32767$#1' DO .12 <- #1 PLEASE COME FROM (16) DO .13 <- !12$#1'~'#32767$#1' DO .1 <- .11 DO .2 <- .13 DO (2030) NEXT DO (11) NEXT (15) DO (13) NEXT (13) DO .3 <- "?!4~.4'$#2"~#3 DO (14) NEXT PLEASE FORGET #1 DO .1 <- .12 DO (1020) NEXT (16) DO .12 <- .1 (12) DO .3 <- '?.2$.3'~'#0$#65535' DO .3 <- '?"'&"!2~.3'~'"?'?.3~.3'$#32768"~"#0$#65535"'"$ ".3~.3"'~#1"$#2'~#3 (14) PLEASE RESUME .3 (11) DO (12) NEXT DO FORGET #1 PLEASE READ OUT .11 DO COME FROM (15) DO .1 <- .10 DO (1020) NEXT DO .10 <- .1 (23) DO (21) NEXT (22) PLEASE RESUME "?!10~#32768'$#2"~#3 (21) DO (22) NEXT DO FORGET #1 PLEASE GIVE UP (2010) PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM (2004) (2000) PLEASE STASH .2 DO .2 <- #1 DO (2001) NEXT (2001) PLEASE FORGET #1 DO .1 <- '?.1$.2'~'#0$#65535' DO (2002) NEXT DO .2 <- !2$#0'~'#32767$#1' DO (2001) NEXT (2003) PLEASE RESUME "?!1~.2'$#1"~#3 (2002) DO (2003) NEXT PLEASE RETRIEVE .2 (2004) PLEASE RESUME #2 PLEASE DO REINSTATE (2004) PLEASE RESUME '?"!1~.1'~#1"$#2'~#6 (2020) PLEASE STASH .2 + .3 DO (1021) NEXT (2030) DO STASH .1 + .5 DO .3 <- #0 DO .5 <- '?"!2~.2'~#1"$#1'~#3 PLEASE DO (2031) NEXT DO .4 <- #1 PLEASE DO (2033) NEXT (2033) DO FORGET #1 DO .5 <- '?".2~#32768"$#2'~#3 DO (2032) NEXT DO .2 <- !2$#0'~'#32767$#1' PLEASE DO .4 <- !4$#0'~'#32767$#1' DO (2033) NEXT (2032) DO (1001) NEXT (2036) PLEASE FORGET #1 DO .5 <- '?.1$.2'~'#0$#65535' DO .5 <- '?"'&"!2~.5'~'"?'?.5~.5'$#32768"~"#0$#65535"'"$ ".5~.5"'~#1"$#2'~#3 DO (2034) NEXT DO .5 <- .3 DO (1010) NEXT PLEASE DO .1 <- .3 DO .3 <- 'V.4$.5'~'#0$#65535' DO (2035) NEXT (2034) PLEASE DO (1001) NEXT (2035) DO FORGET #1 DO .5 <- "?'.4~#1'$#2"~#3 DO (2031) NEXT DO .2 <- .2~#65534 DO .4 <- .4~#65534 PLEASE DO (2036) NEXT (2031) DO (1001) NEXT PLEASE DO .4 <- .1 PLEASE RETRIEVE .1 + .5 PLEASE RESUME #2
produce := procedure(); seq := ["S"]; rhs := ["(", "S", ")", "S"]; i := 1; repeat if Random(1, 10) gt 7 then Insert(~seq, i, i, rhs); else Remove(~seq, i); end if; print #seq gt 0 select &*seq else "eps"; i := Position(seq, "S"); until i eq 0; print "Length:", #seq; end procedure
(* RandomWalk example from Maeder, 1990 *) RandomWalk::usage = "RandomWalk[n] plots a random walk of length n" RandomWalk[n_Integer] := Block[{loc = {0.0, 0.0}, dir, points= Table[0, {n+1}], range = N[{0, 2 Pi}]}, points[[1]] = loc; Do[ dir = Random[Real, range]; loc += {Cos[dir], Sin[dir]}; points[[i]] = loc, {i, 2, n+1}]; Show[ Graphics[{Point[{0,0}], Line[points]}], Framed -> True, AspectRation -> Automatic] ]
/* the Voting example from the Mawl 2.1 Tutorial */ typedef { string name, int nVotes } vote; static [ vote ] tally = [ ]; static int total = 0; session vote { auto form { [ vote ] tally, int total, string castvote } showvote; showvote.put( { tally, total, "Vote" } ); } subsession void AddVote(string name) { ++total; auto int i; for (i = 0; i < tally.length(); ++i) if (tally[i].name == name) { tally[i].nVotes++; return; } tally.append( { name, 1 } ); } session Vote { auto form void -> { string name } getName; AddVote( getName.put().name ); }
% An example of finding primes using a sieve % (adapted from a logic programming benchmark in mercury) :- interface. :- import_module list, int. :- implementation. :- pred primes(int, list(int)). :- mode primes(in, out) is det. :- pred integers(int, int, list(int)). :- mode integers(in, in, out) is det. :- pred sift(list(int), list(int)). :- mode sift(in, out) is det. :- pred remove(int, list(int), list(int)). :- mode remove(in, in, out) is det. primes(Limit, Ps) :- integers(2, Limit, Is), sift(Is, Ps). integers(Low, High, Result) :- ( Low =< High -> M is Low + 1, Result = [Low | Rest], integers(M, High, Rest) ; Result = [] ). sift([], []). sift([I | Is], [I | Ps]) :- remove(I, Is, New), sift(New, Ps). remove(_P, [], []). remove(P, [I | Is], Result) :- M is I mod P, ( M = 0 -> Result = Nis, remove(P, Is, Nis) ; Result = [I | Nis], remove(P, Is, Nis) ).
|| Sorting with the comparison function as a parameter || (adapted from code example by Simon Thompson) sortG :: (* -> * -> bool) -> [*] -> [*] sortG comp (a:x) = sortG comp smaller ++ [a] ++ sortG comp larger where smaller = [ b | b<-x ; comp b a ] larger = [ b | b<-x ; comp a b ] || Example Use CompInt :: (* -> * -> bool) CompInt m n = (m < n) SortG CompInt [3,5,0,12,8,43,7]
fun sort nil = nil : int list | sort(h::t) = let fun insert(i,nil) = [i] | insert(i,h::t) = if i>h then i::h::t else h::insert(i,t) in insert(h, sort t) end; fun mean l = let fun sl(nil ,sum,len) = sum div len | sl(h::t,sum,len) = sl(t,sum+h,len+h) in sl(l,0,0) end; mean(sort [2,3,5,7,11,13] @ [6,14,28] )
MODULE Push EXPORTS Main; IMPORT Trestle, VBT, TextVBT, RigidVBT, ButtonVBT, BorderedVBT, HVSplit, Axis; action of button when pushed PROCEDURE QuitAction (self: ButtonVBT.T; READONLY cd: VBT.MouseRec) = BEGIN Trestle.Delete(main); (* NB. "main" is visible here. *) END QuitAction; CONST horz = 30.0; (* horizontal size "hello" window *) vert = 10.0; (* vertical size of "hello" window *) VAR hello := RigidVBT.FromHV(TextVBT.New("Hello World"), horz, vert); quit := ButtonVBT.New(ch := TextVBT.New("Quit"), action := QuitAction); main := HVSplit.Cons(Axis.T.Ver, hello, BorderedVBT.New(quit)); BEGIN Trestle.Install(main); Trestle.AwaitDelete(main); END Push.
MODULE AlphaRandom; (* Randomize the alphabet, and show how to use the module Shuffle *) (* John Andrea, 1992 *) FROM InOut IMPORT WriteLn, WriteString; FROM Shuffle IMPORT Deck, Create, Next, Reset; VAR d :Deck; i, j, min, max, n :CARDINAL; BEGIN min := ORD( 'a' ); max := ORD( 'z' ); n := max - min + 1; Create( d, min, max ); FOR i := 1 TO 10 DO WriteString( 'random alphabet = ' ); FOR j := 1 TO n DO WriteString( CHR( Next( d ) ) ); END; WriteLn; Reset( d ); END; END AlphaRandom.
; EXAMPLE FROM UC DAVIS LEXICON ;PROGRAM TO CREATE SORTED DICTIONARY READ !,"ENTER NEXT TERM (NULL TO QUIT): ",TERM GOTO:TERM="" LIST READ !,"ENTER ONE LINE DEFINITION: ",DEF SET ^WORD(TERM)=DEF GOTO LEXICON LIST READ !,"WOULD YOU LIKE TERMS LISTED (Y/N)?",YESNO QUIT:YESNO'?1"Y".E SET X="" ;TO GO TO PRINTER ADD 'OPEN 1 USE 1' FOR I=1:1 SET Y=$ORDER(^WORD(X)),X=Y QUIT:X="" WRITE !,Y,?15,^WORD(Y)
** An example numerical integration program ** from the UFO1.0 Tutorial by J. Sargeant. polyf (x : Float) : Float is 2*x*x + 6*x + 1 trap(f: Float -> Float; a,b,approx : Float; n : Int) : Float is { h = (b - a) / n; return approx/2 + h* initially s = 0.0; for i in [1 to n step 2] do x = a + i * h ; new s = s + f(x) ; return s od } integrate(f : Float -> Float; a, b: Float) : Float is initially done = false; n = 1 ; integral = (f(a) + f(b)) * (b - a) / 2; while not done do next_integral = trap(f, a, b, integral, 2 * n) ; new n = 2 * n ; new done = abs(next_integral - integral) < 1.0e-4 new integral = next_integral return next_integral od main : String is "Integral is " ++ print(integrate(Float|polyf, 1.0, 6.0) ++ "\n"
{ Table data structure, adapted from an example in "Multiparadigm Data Structures in Leda" by Tim Budd, 1993 Assumes the list data structure is already defined. } class Association [X, Y : equality] of equality[Association]; var key : X; value : Y; function equals(argValue : Association[X, Y])->boolean; begin return key = argValue.key; end; end; class Table [X, Y : equality] { of equality[Association] }; var data : List[Association[X, Y]]; function add (newKey : X, newValue : Y); begin if ~ defined(data) then data := List[Association[X, Y]](); data.add(Association[X, Y](newKey, newValue)); end; function onEach (theFun : function(X, Y)); begin if defined(data) then data.onEach(function (item : Association[X, Y]); begin theFun(item.key, item.value); end); end; function items (byRef key : X, byRef value : Y)->relation; var element : Association[X, Y]; begin return defined(data) & data.items(element) & unify[X](key, element.key) & unify[Y](value, element.value); end; function includesKey (key : X)->boolean; var value : Y; begin if items(key, value) then return true; return false; end; function at (key : X)->Y; var value : Y; begin if items(key, value) then return value; return NIL; end; function atPut (key : X, value : Y); var element : Association[X, Y]; begin if defined(data) & data.items(element) & element.key = key then element.value := value else add(key, value); end; end;
global(sieve)? global(limit)? main :- write("N=?"), read_token(limit & int), next_prime(2), nl. remove_multiples(P,M) :- cond(M < limit, (sieve.M <-multiple_of(P),remove_multiples(P,M+P)) ). next_prime(P) :- P < limit, !, SP=sieve.P, ( SP=prime(P), !, write(P,' '), remove_multiples(P,2*P) ; succeed ), next_prime(P+1). next_prime(P).
# A simple program to sum up some numbers # presented on the command line, from # Bob Pike's forthcoming book on Limbo. implement Sum; include "sys.m"; sys: Sys; include "draw.m"; Sum: module { init: fn(context: ref Draw->Context, argl: list of string); }; init(context: ref Draw->Context, argl: list of string) { sys = load Sys Sys->PATH; argl = tl argl; # ignore command name if(len argl == 0){ sys->print("usage: sum numbers....\n"); return; } sum := 0.0; while(argl != nil){ arg := hd argl; sys->print("%s", arg); sum += real arg; argl = tl argl; if(argl != nil) sys->print(" + "); } sys->print(" = %g\n", sum); }
;; Simple factorial routine ;; (until I get a better example written) (defun fact1 (num) (cond ((not (integerp num)) nil) ((<= num 1) 1) (t (* num (fact1 (- num 1))))) )
; Recursive procedure to line, fractalized to DrawFractalLine :level :length ifelse :level < 1 [ fd :length] [ DrawFractalLine (sum -1 :level) (quotient :length 3.00) left 60 DrawFractalLine (sum -1 :level) (quotient :length 3.00) right 120 DrawFractalLine (sum -1 :level) (quotient :length 3.00) left 60 DrawFractalLine (sum -1 :level) (quotient :length 3.00) ] end ; procedure to clear screen and position turtle to SetupTurtle cs setpos [-160 -10] right 60 clean end ; setup turtle then draw Koch's snowflake(5) SetupTurtle setpensize [2 2] repeat 3 [DrawFractalLine 5 330 right 120]
' Find agents owned by the current user ' and remove them (Adapted from examples at ' www.lotus.com) Dim session As New NotesSession Dim db As NotesDatabase Dim agentArray(1 To 10) As NotesAgent Dim count as Integer Dim answer as string count = 0 Set db = session.CurrentDatabase Forall a In db.Agents If ( a.Owner = session.UserName ) Then Set agentArray(count) = a count = count + 1 If (count > 10) Then Exit Forall End If End If End Forall answer = Inputbox$( "You have " & count & " agents. Delete them?" ) If (answer = "y") Or (answer = "yes") Then Forall a in agentArray Call a.Remove End Foreall End If
-- Simple Lua program that implements the -- bisection method for solving non-linear equations function bisect(f,a,b,fa,fb) write(n," a=",a," fa=",fa," b=",b," fb=",fb,"\n") local c=(a+b)/2 if abs(a-b) < delta then return c end n=n+1 local fc=f(c) if fa*fc < 0 then return bisect(f,a,c,fa,fc) else return bisect(f,c,b,fc,fb) end end -- find root of f in the inverval [a,b]. -- bisection requires that f(a)*f(b) < 0 function solve(f,a,b) delta=1e-6 -- tolerance n=0 local z=bisect(f,a,b,f(a),f(b)) write(format("after %d steps, root is %.10g\n",n,z)) end -- test the bisection code with -- a function: x^3 - x - 1 function f(x) return x*x*x - x - 1 end solve(f,1,2)
h where h = 1 fby merge(merge(2 * h, 3 * h), 5 * h); merge(x,y) = if xx <= yy then xx else yy fi where xx = x upon xx <= yy; yy = y upon yy <= xx; end; end;
HOW TO RETURN index doc: PUT {} IN where FOR line.no IN keys doc: TREAT LINE RETURN where TREAT LINE: FOR word IN split doc[line.no]: IF word not.in keys where: PUT {} IN where[word] INSERT line.no IN where[word]
PROGRAM ONE WHEEL " Simple model of a dynamical system " written in ACSL 1, circa 1982. INITIAL CINTERVAL CINT = 0.05 ALGORITHM IALG = 4 $ "RK3" CONSTANT X1IO = 0.0, X2IO=0.0, X1DIC=0.0, X2DIC = 0.0 CONSTANT M1 = 25.0, M2=2.0, DF=100.0, K2=5000 CONSTANT TDONE = 15.0 K1 = 1000.0 END $ "OF INITIALIZATION" DYNAMIC DERIVATIVE X3= STEP(0.0) X1D = INTEG((-DF/M1)*(X1D-X2D) - (K1/M1)*(X1-X2), X1DIC) X2D = INTEG((-DF/M1)*(X1D-X2D) - (K1/M1)*(X1-X2), ... (K2/M2)*(X2-X3*5.0), X2DIC) X1 = INTEG(X1D,X1IO) X2 = INTEG(X2D,X2IO) END "OF DERIVATIVE SECTION" TERMT(T .GE. TDONE) END "OF DYNAMIC SECTION" END "OF PROGRAM"
-- simple programming with floating-point #s with Ada.Float_Text_IO; use Ada.Float_Text_IO; procedure Think is A, B : Float := 0.0; -- A and B initially zero; note the period. I, J : Integer := 1; begin A := B * 7.0; I := J * 3; B := Float(I) / A; Put(B); end Think;
/* An Alef program to parse numbers out of * the string returned from /dev/time, and * print them from a separate proc. This is * a rather lame conglomeration of several * examples from Bob Flandrea's Alef * User's Guide */ tuple(int, uint, byte*) strtoui(byte* str, int base) { int val; while(*str != 0 && whitespace(*str)) str ; if(str == nil || *str == 0) return(0, 0, str); while(*str && !whitespace(*str)) { if(!validdigit(*str, base)) return (-1, val, str 1); /* extract digit into val */ str ; } return(1, val, str); } void receive(chan(uint) c) { int s; s = <-c; print("%d\n", s); if (s == 0) terminate(nil); } void main(void) { chan(uint) c; alloc c; proc receive(c); int ret; uint val; int fd; byte *p, buf[128], *newp; fd = open("/dev/time", OREAD|OCEXEC); if (fd >= 0) { read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); for(p = buf; *p; p = newp) { (ret, val, newp) = strtoui(p, 10); if(ret >= 0) c <-= val; if(ret == 0) break; } } }
// the main program, calculate the mean of // some numbers begin integer N; Read Int(N); begin real array Data[1:N]; real sum, avg; integer i; sum:=0; for i:=1 step 1 until N do begin real val; Read Real(val); Data[i]:=if val<0 then -val else val end; for i:=1 step 1 until N do sum:=sum Data[i]; avg:=sum/N; Print Real(avg) end end
Here is a better example, written in the
Algol60 publication language, from
Jean Sammet courtesy of
Glyn Webster.
procedure problem (a, b); value a, b; integer a, b; begin integer k; real e; for k := 2 × (a ÷ 2) 1 step 2 until b do begin e := if prime(k) then sqrt(3 × k sin(k)) else sqrt(4 × k cos(k)); if prime(k) then putlist(k, e, 'prime') else putlist(k, e, 'nonprime') end end problem;
-- Use the Finder to close all applications -- (by Joshua D. Baer) property specialApps : {"Finder"} tell application "Finder" set allApps to name of processes end tell repeat with someParticularApp in allApps if specialApps does not contain someParticularApp then tell application someParticularApp activate quit end tell end if end repeat
;; Very simple example of interactive extension ;; for AutoCAD (Defun c:SF2ACRE () (setq SF (getreal "Enter area in square feet: ")) (setq AGREAGE (/ SF 43560.0)) (alert (strcat "\nThe area in acres is " (rtos ARGEAGE 2 2))) )
BEGIN { if ("'$#argv'"==1) Col="'$1'"; else Col=1 } {Total = $Col; }; END { printf "Total for column %d with %d items: %d\n", Col,NR,Total }
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