[ale] Introduction

[Fletch]

>>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey  <esoteric at 3times25.net> writes:

    Geoffrey> Fletch wrote:
    >>>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Vinson <vinson.lists at charter.net> writes:
    >> [...]
    Jason> Maybe i'm misunderstanding the problem, but are you saying
    Jason> that this is annoying:
    Jason> 
    >> Character.getNumericValue('z')-Character.getNumericValue('a')
    Jason> Lengthy yes... but doable (and not that hard!)
    >> *cough*Perl*cough* ord('z') - ord('a')

    Geoffrey> No, no, character - character = integer... :)

Erm, yes that's what they both do . . .

freebie:~ 784> perl -le 'print ord("z") - ord("a")'
25
freebie:~ 785> ruby -le 'print ?z - ?a'
25



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