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http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#OCaml
OCaml
(* * Caution: This is my first Ocaml program and anyone with Ocaml experience probably thinks it's horrible * So please don't use this as an example for "good ocaml code" see it more as * "this is what my first lines of ocaml might look like" * * The only reason im publishing this is th...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Raven
Raven
'input.txt' delete '/input.txt' delete 'docs' rmdir '/docs' rmdir
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#REBOL
REBOL
; Local. delete %input.txt delete-dir %docs/   ; Root. delete %/input.txt delete-dir %/docs/
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Sidef
Sidef
func div_check(a, b){ var result = a/b result.abs == Inf ? nil : result }   say div_check(10, 2) # 5 say div_check(1, 0) # nil (detected)
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Slate
Slate
[ 1 / 0 ] on: Error do: [|:err| err return: PositiveInfinity].
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Smalltalk
Smalltalk
|didDivideByZero a b|   didDivideByZero := false. a := 10. b := 0. [ a/b ] on: ZeroDivide do:[:ex | 'you tried to divide %P by zero\n' printf:{ex suspendedContext receiver} on:Transcript. didDivideByZero := true. ]. didDivideByZero ifTrue:[ Transcript show:'bad bad bad, but I already told you in the handl...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Objective-C
Objective-C
if( [[NSScanner scannerWithString:@"-123.4e5"] scanFloat:NULL] ) NSLog( @"\"-123.4e5\" is numeric" ); else NSLog( @"\"-123.4e5\" is not numeric" ); if( [[NSScanner scannerWithString:@"Not a number"] scanFloat:NULL] ) NSLog( @"\"Not a number\" is numeric" ); else NSLog( @"\"Not a number\" is not numeric" ); // print...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#OCaml
OCaml
let is_int s = try ignore (int_of_string s); true with _ -> false   let is_float s = try ignore (float_of_string s); true with _ -> false   let is_numeric s = is_int s || is_float s
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Digital_root
Digital root
The digital root, X {\displaystyle X} , of a number, n {\displaystyle n} , is calculated: find X {\displaystyle X} as the sum of the digits of n {\displaystyle n} find a new X {\displaystyle X} by summing the digits of X {\displaystyle X} , repeating until X {\displ...
#Wren
Wren
import "/fmt" for Fmt   var sumDigits = Fn.new { |n| var sum = 0 while (n > 0) { sum = sum + (n%10) n = (n/10).floor } return sum }   var digitalRoot = Fn.new { |n| if (n < 0) Fiber.abort("Argument must be non-negative.") if (n < 10) return [n, 0] var dr = n var ap = 0 ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Python
Python
def dotp(a,b): assert len(a) == len(b), 'Vector sizes must match' return sum(aterm * bterm for aterm,bterm in zip(a, b))   if __name__ == '__main__': a, b = [1, 3, -5], [4, -2, -1] assert dotp(a,b) == 3
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#PARI.2FGP
PARI/GP
forstep(p=2,6,2, for(f=1,7, s=12-p-f; if(p!=f && p!=s && f!=s && s>0 && s<8, print(p" "f" "s))))
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Retro
Retro
'input.txt file:delete '/input.txt file:delete
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#REXX
REXX
/*REXX program deletes a file and a folder in the current directory and the root. */ trace off /*suppress REXX error messages from DOS*/ aFile= 'input.txt' /*name of a file to be deleted. */ aDir = 'docs' ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#SNOBOL4
SNOBOL4
define('zdiv(x,y)') :(zdiv_end) zdiv &errlimit = 1; setexit(.ztrap) zdiv = x / y :(return) ztrap zdiv = ?(&errtype ? (14 | 262)) 'Division by zero' :s(continue)f(abort) zdiv_end   * # Test and display output = '1/1 = ' zdiv(1,1)  ;* Integers non-zero output = '1.0/1.0 ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#SQL_PL
SQL PL
  --#SET TERMINATOR @   SET SERVEROUTPUT ON@   CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION DIVISION( IN NUMERATOR DECIMAL(5, 3), IN DENOMINATOR DECIMAL(5, 3) ) RETURNS SMALLINT BEGIN DECLARE RET SMALLINT DEFAULT 1; DECLARE TMP DECIMAL(5, 3); DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR SQLSTATE '22012' SET RET = 1;   SET RET = 0; S...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Standard_ML
Standard ML
fun div_check (x, y) = ( ignore (x div y); false ) handle Div => true
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Octave
Octave
function r = isnum(a) if ( isnumeric(a) ) r = 1; else r = ~isnan(str2double(a)); endif endfunction   % tests disp(isnum(123)) % 1 disp(isnum("123")) % 1 disp(isnum("foo123")) % 0 disp(isnum("123bar")) % 0 disp(isnum("3.1415")) % 1
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Oz
Oz
fun {IsNumeric S} {String.isInt S} orelse {String.isFloat S} end
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Digital_root
Digital root
The digital root, X {\displaystyle X} , of a number, n {\displaystyle n} , is calculated: find X {\displaystyle X} as the sum of the digits of n {\displaystyle n} find a new X {\displaystyle X} by summing the digits of X {\displaystyle X} , repeating until X {\displ...
#XPL0
XPL0
include c:\cxpl\codes; \intrinsic 'code' declarations   func DRoot(N, B, P); \Return digital root and persistance P real N, B; int P; int S; [P(0):= 0; while N >= B do [S:= 0; repeat S:= S + fix(Mod(N,B)); \sum last digit N:= N/B; \re...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Digital_root
Digital root
The digital root, X {\displaystyle X} , of a number, n {\displaystyle n} , is calculated: find X {\displaystyle X} as the sum of the digits of n {\displaystyle n} find a new X {\displaystyle X} by summing the digits of X {\displaystyle X} , repeating until X {\displ...
#zkl
zkl
fcn sum(n,b){ n.split(b).sum(0) } fcn droot(n,b=10,X=0) // -->(digital root, additive persistence) { if(n<b)return(n,X); return(self.fcn(sum(n,b),b,X+1)) }
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#QBasic
QBasic
DIM zero3d(2) 'some example vectors zero3d(0) = 0!: zero3d(1) = 0!: zero3d(2) = 0! DIM zero5d(4) zero5d(0) = 0!: zero5d(1) = 0!: zero5d(2) = 0!: zero5d(3) = 0!: zero5d(4) = 0! DIM x(2): x(0) = 1!: x(1) = 0!: x(2) = 0! DIM y(2): y(0) = 0!: y(1) = 1!: y(2) = 0! DIM z(2): z(0) = 0!: z(1) = 0!: z(2) = 1! DIM q(2): q(0) = ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Perl
Perl
  #!/usr/bin/perl   my @even_numbers;   for (1..7) { if ( $_ % 2 == 0) { push @even_numbers, $_; } }   print "Police\tFire\tSanitation\n";   foreach my $police_number (@even_numbers) { for my $fire_number (1..7) { for my $sanitation_number (1..7) { if ( $police_number + $fire_number + $sanit...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Ring
Ring
  remove("output.txt") system("rmdir docs")  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Ruby
Ruby
File.delete("output.txt", "/output.txt") Dir.delete("docs") Dir.delete("/docs")
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Stata
Stata
proc div_check {x y} { if {[catch {expr {$x/$y}} result] == 0} { puts "valid division: $x/$y=$result" } else { if {$result eq "divide by zero"} { puts "caught division by zero: $x/$y -> $result" } else { puts "caught another error: $x/$y -> $result" } ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Tcl
Tcl
proc div_check {x y} { if {[catch {expr {$x/$y}} result] == 0} { puts "valid division: $x/$y=$result" } else { if {$result eq "divide by zero"} { puts "caught division by zero: $x/$y -> $result" } else { puts "caught another error: $x/$y -> $result" } ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PARI.2FGP
PARI/GP
isNumeric(s)={ my(t=type(eval(s))); t == "t_INT" || t == "T_REAL" };
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Pascal
Pascal
  Built-In Function Syntax   IsNumber(Value) Description   Use the IsNumber function to determine if Value contains a valid numeric value. Numeric characters include sign indicators and comma and period decimal points. To determine if a value is a number and if it's in the user's local format, use the IsUserNumber func...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Digital_root
Digital root
The digital root, X {\displaystyle X} , of a number, n {\displaystyle n} , is calculated: find X {\displaystyle X} as the sum of the digits of n {\displaystyle n} find a new X {\displaystyle X} by summing the digits of X {\displaystyle X} , repeating until X {\displ...
#zonnon
zonnon
  module Main; type longint = integer{64};   type {public,ref} Response = object (dr,p: longint) var {public,immutable} digitalRoot,persistence: longint;   procedure {public} Writeln; begin writeln("digital root: ",digitalRoot:2," persistence: ",persistence:2) end Writeln;   begin self.digitalRoot := dr; ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Digital_root
Digital root
The digital root, X {\displaystyle X} , of a number, n {\displaystyle n} , is calculated: find X {\displaystyle X} as the sum of the digits of n {\displaystyle n} find a new X {\displaystyle X} by summing the digits of X {\displaystyle X} , repeating until X {\displ...
#ZX_Spectrum_Basic
ZX Spectrum Basic
10 DATA 4,627615,39390,588225,9992 20 READ j: LET b=10 30 FOR i=1 TO j 40 READ n 50 PRINT "Digital root of ";n;" is" 60 GO SUB 1000 70 NEXT i 80 STOP 1000 REM Digital Root 1010 LET c=0 1020 IF n>=b THEN LET c=c+1: GO SUB 2000: GO TO 1020 1030 PRINT n;" persistance is ";c'' 1040 RETURN 2000 REM Digit sum 2010 LET s=0 ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Quackery
Quackery
[ 0 unrot witheach [ over i^ peek * rot + swap ] drop ] is .prod ( [ [ --> n )   ' [ 1 3 -5 ] ' [ 4 -2 -1 ] .prod echo
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#R
R
x <- c(1, 3, -5) y <- c(4, -2, -1)   sum(x*y) # compute products, then do the sum x %*% y # inner product   # loop implementation dotp <- function(x, y) { n <- length(x) if(length(y) != n) stop("invalid argument") s <- 0 for(i in 1:n) s <- s + x[i]*y[i] s }   dotp(x, y)
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Phix
Phix
printf(1,"Police Sanitation Fire\n") printf(1,"------ ---------- ----\n") integer solutions = 0 for police=2 to 7 by 2 do for sanitation=1 to 7 do if sanitation!=police then integer fire = 12-(police+sanitation) if fire>=1 and fire<=7 and fire!=police ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Run_BASIC
Run BASIC
'------ delete input.txt ---------------- kill "input.txt" ' this is where we are kill "/input.txt" ' this is the root   ' ---- delete directory docs ---------- result = rmdir("Docs") ' directory where we are result = rmdir("/Docs") ' root directory
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Rust
Rust
use std::io::{self, Write}; use std::fs::{remove_file,remove_dir}; use std::path::Path; use std::{process,display};   const FILE_NAME: &'static str = "output.txt"; const DIR_NAME : &'static str = "docs";   fn main() { delete(".").and(delete("/")) .unwrap_or_else(|e| error_handler(e,1)); }     fn dele...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#TXR
TXR
@(do (defun div-check (x y) (catch (/ x y) (numeric_error (msg) 'div-check-failed)))) @(bind good @(div-check 32 8)) @(bind bad @(div-check 42 0))
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Ursa
Ursa
def div_check (int x, int y) try / x y return false catch divzeroerror return true end try end
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#VAX_Assembly
VAX Assembly
65 64 69 76 69 64 00000008'010E0000' 0000 1 desc: .ascid "divide by zero" 6F 72 65 7A 20 79 62 20 000E 0000 0016 2 .entry handler,0 E5 AF 7F 0018 3 pushaq desc 00000000'GF 01 FB 001B 4 calls #1, g^lib$pu...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PeopleCode
PeopleCode
  Built-In Function Syntax   IsNumber(Value) Description   Use the IsNumber function to determine if Value contains a valid numeric value. Numeric characters include sign indicators and comma and period decimal points. To determine if a value is a number and if it's in the user's local format, use the IsUserNumber func...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Perl
Perl
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number); print looks_like_number($str) ? "numeric" : "not numeric\n";
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Racket
Racket
  #lang racket (define (dot-product l r) (for/sum ([x l] [y r]) (* x y)))   (dot-product '(1 3 -5) '(4 -2 -1))   ;; dot-product works on sequences such as vectors: (dot-product #(1 2 3) #(4 5 6))  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Raku
Raku
say [+] (1, 3, -5) »*« (4, -2, -1);
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#PHP
PHP
<?php   $valid = 0; for ($police = 2 ; $police <= 6 ; $police += 2) { for ($sanitation = 1 ; $sanitation <= 7 ; $sanitation++) { $fire = 12 - $police - $sanitation; if ((1 <= $fire) and ($fire <= 7) and ($police != $sanitation) and ($sanitation != $fire)) { echo 'Police: ', $police, ', S...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Scala
Scala
import java.util._ import java.io.File   object FileDeleteTest extends App { def deleteFile(filename: String) = { new File(filename).delete() }   def test(typ: String, filename: String) = { System.out.println("The following " + typ + " called " + filename + (if (deleteFile(filename)) " was deleted." else ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Scheme
Scheme
(delete-file filename)
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#VBA
VBA
  Option Explicit   Sub Main() Dim Div If CatchDivideByZero(152, 0, Div) Then Debug.Print Div Else Debug.Print "Error" If CatchDivideByZero(152, 10, Div) Then Debug.Print Div Else Debug.Print "Error" End Sub   Function CatchDivideByZero(Num, Den, Div) As Boolean On Error Resume Next Div = Num / Den ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#VBScript
VBScript
  Function div(num,den) On Error Resume Next n = num/den If Err.Number <> 0 Then div = Err.Description & " is not allowed." Else div = n End If End Function   WScript.StdOut.WriteLine div(6,3) WScript.StdOut.WriteLine div(6,0) WScript.StdOut.WriteLine div(7,-4)  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Visual_Basic_.NET
Visual Basic .NET
Module DivByZeroDetection   Sub Main() Console.WriteLine(safeDivision(10, 0)) End Sub   Private Function safeDivision(v1 As Integer, v2 As Integer) As Boolean Try Dim answer = v1 / v2 Return False Catch ex As Exception Return True End Try ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Phix
Phix
function isNumber(string s) return scanf(s,"%f")!={} -- Alt: isNumberString(object s) and -- return string(s) and scanf(s,"%f")!={}, or even -- return string(s) and scanf(substitute(trim(s),",",""),"%f")!={} end function constant tests = {"#a","#A","0xA","0(16)A","#FF","255","0", "0.","0.0","0...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Rascal
Rascal
import List;   public int dotProduct(list[int] L, list[int] M){ result = 0; if(size(L) == size(M)) { while(size(L) >= 1) { result += (head(L) * head(M)); L = tail(L); M = tail(M); } return result; } else { throw "vector sizes must match"; } }
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#REBOL
REBOL
rebol []   a: [1 3 -5] b: [4 -2 -1]   dot-product: function [v1 v2] [sum] [ if (length? v1) != (length? v2) [ make error! "error: vector sizes must match" ] sum: 0 repeat i length? v1 [ sum: sum + ((pick v1 i) * (pick v2 i)) ] ]   dot-product a b
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Picat
Picat
import cp.   go ?=> N = 7, Sols = findall([P,S,F], department_numbers(N, P,S,F)), println(" P S F"), foreach([P,S,F] in Sols) printf("%2d %2d %2d\n",P,S,F) end, nl, printf("Number of solutions: %d\n", Sols.len), nl. go => true.   department_numbers(N, Police,Sanitation,Fire) => Police :: 1..N, ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#PicoLisp
PicoLisp
(de numbers NIL (co 'numbers (let N 7 (for P N (for S N (for F N (yield (list P S F)) ) ) ) ) ) ) (de departments NIL (use (L) (while (setq L (numbers)) (or (bit? 1 (car L)) (= (car L) (cadr L)) (= (car ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Seed7
Seed7
$ include "seed7_05.s7i"; include "osfiles.s7i";   const proc: main is func begin removeFile("input.txt"); removeFile("/input.txt"); removeTree("docs"); removeTree("/docs"); end func;
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#SenseTalk
SenseTalk
// Delete locally (relative to "the folder") delete file "input.txt" delete folder "docs"   // Delete at the file system root delete file "/input.txt" delete folder "/docs"  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Sidef
Sidef
# here %f'input.txt' -> delete; %d'docs' -> delete;   # root dir Dir.root + %f'input.txt' -> delete; Dir.root + %d'docs' -> delete;
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Wren
Wren
var checkDivByZero = Fn.new { |a, b| var c = a / b if (c.isInfinity || c.isNan) return true return false }   System.print("Division by zero?") System.print(" 0 / 0 -> %(checkDivByZero.call(0, 0))") System.print(" 1 / 0 -> %(checkDivByZero.call(1, 0))") System.print(" 1 / 1 -> %(checkDivByZero.call(1, 1))...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#XPL0
XPL0
include c:\cxpl\codes; int A, B; [Trap(false); \turn off error trapping B:= 1234/(A-A); \(error not detected at compile time) if GetErr then Text(0, "Divide by zero"); ]
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#Yorick
Yorick
func div_check(x, y) { if(catch(0x01)) return 1; temp = x/y; return 0; }
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PHP
PHP
<?php $string = '123'; if(is_numeric(trim($string))) { } ?>
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PicoLisp
PicoLisp
: (format "123") -> 123   : (format "123a45") -> NIL   : (format "-123.45" 4) -> 1234500
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#REXX
REXX
/*REXX program computes the dot product of two equal size vectors (of any size).*/ vectorA = ' 1 3 -5 ' /*populate vector A with some numbers*/ vectorB = ' 4 -2 -1 ' /* " " B " " " */ say 'vector A = ' vectorA ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Prolog
Prolog
  dept(X) :- between(1, 7, X).   police(X) :- member(X, [2, 4, 6]). fire(X) :- dept(X). san(X) :- dept(X).   assign(A, B, C) :- police(A), fire(B), san(C), A =\= B, A =\= C, B =\= C, 12 is A + B + C.   main :- write("P F S"), nl, forall(assign(Police, Fire, Sanitation), format("~w ~w ~w~n", [Po...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Slate
Slate
(File newNamed: 'input.txt') delete. (File newNamed: '/input.txt') delete. (Directory newNamed: 'docs') delete. (Directory newNamed: '/docs') delete.
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Smalltalk
Smalltalk
File remove: 'input.txt'. File remove: 'docs'. File remove: '/input.txt'. File remove: '/docs'
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Detect_division_by_zero
Detect division by zero
Task Write a function to detect a   divide by zero error   without checking if the denominator is zero.
#zkl
zkl
fcn f(x,y){try{x/y}catch(MathError){println(__exception)}}
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Pike
Pike
  int(0..1) is_number(string s) { array test = array_sscanf(s, "%s%f%s"); if (sizeof(test) == 3 && test[1] && !sizeof(test[0]) && !sizeof(test[2]) ) return true; else return false; }   string num = "-1.234" is_number(num); -> true  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PL.2FI
PL/I
  is_numeric: procedure (text) returns (bit (1)); declare text character (*); declare x float;   on conversion go to done;   get string(text) edit (x) (E(length(text),0)); return ('1'b);   done: return ('0'b); end is_numeric;
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Ring
Ring
  aVector = [2, 3, 5] bVector = [4, 2, 1] sum = 0 see dotProduct(aVector, bVector)   func dotProduct cVector, dVector for n = 1 to len(aVector) sum = sum + cVector[n] * dVector[n] next return sum  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#RLaB
RLaB
x = rand(1,10); y = rand(1,10); s = sum( x .* y );
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Python
Python
from itertools import permutations   def solve(): c, p, f, s = "\\,Police,Fire,Sanitation".split(',') print(f"{c:>3} {p:^6} {f:^4} {s:^10}") c = 1 for p, f, s in permutations(range(1, 8), r=3): if p + s + f == 12 and p % 2 == 0: print(f"{c:>3}: {p:^6} {f:^4} {s:^10}") c ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Standard_ML
Standard ML
OS.FileSys.remove "input.txt"; OS.FileSys.remove "/input.txt"; OS.FileSys.rmDir "docs"; OS.FileSys.rmDir "/docs";
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Stata
Stata
erase input.txt rmdir docs
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Tcl
Tcl
file delete input.txt /input.txt   # preserve directory if non-empty file delete docs /docs   # delete even if non-empty file delete -force docs /docs
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PL.2FSQL
PL/SQL
FUNCTION IsNumeric( VALUE IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN BOOLEAN IS help NUMBER; BEGIN help := TO_NUMBER( VALUE ); RETURN( TRUE ); EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN RETURN( FALSE ); END;
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Plain_English
Plain English
To run: Start up. Show whether "cat" is numeric. Show whether "3" is numeric. Show whether "+3" is numeric. Show whether "-123" is numeric. Show whether "123,456" is numeric. Show whether "11/5" is numeric. Show whether "-26-1/3" is numeric. Show whether "+26-1/3" is numeric. Show whether "1/0" is numeric. \in Plain En...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#RPL
RPL
<< [ 1 3 -5 ] [ 4 -2 -1 ] DOT >>
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Ruby
Ruby
irb(main):001:0> require 'matrix' => true irb(main):002:0> Vector[1, 3, -5].inner_product Vector[4, -2, -1] => 3
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Quackery
Quackery
[ 2dup = iff [ 2drop drop ] done dip over swap over = iff [ 2drop drop ] done rot echo sp swap echo sp echo cr ] is fire ( pol san fir --> )   [ 2dup = iff 2drop done 12 over - dip over swap - dup 1 < iff [ 2drop drop ] done dup 7 > iff ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#R
R
allPermutations <- setNames(expand.grid(seq(2, 7, by = 2), 1:7, 1:7), c("Police", "Sanitation", "Fire")) solution <- allPermutations[which(rowSums(allPermutations)==12 & apply(allPermutations, 1, function(x) !any(duplicated(x)))),] solution <- solution[order(solution$Police, solution$Sanitation),] row.names(solution) <...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Toka
Toka
needs shell " docs" remove " input.txt" remove
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#TUSCRIPT
TUSCRIPT
  $$ MODE TUSCRIPT - delete file SET status = DELETE ("input.txt") - delete directory SET status = DELETE ("docs",-std-)  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#UNIX_Shell
UNIX Shell
rm -rf docs rm input.txt rm -rf /docs rm /input.txt
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PowerShell
PowerShell
function isNumeric ($x) { try { 0 + $x | Out-Null return $true } catch { return $false } }
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Prolog
Prolog
numeric_string(String) :- atom_string(Atom, String), atom_number(Atom, _).
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Run_BASIC
Run BASIC
v1$ = "1, 3, -5" v2$ = "4, -2, -1"   print "DotProduct of ";v1$;" and "; v2$;" is ";dotProduct(v1$,v2$) end   function dotProduct(a$, b$) while word$(a$,i + 1,",") <> "" i = i + 1 v1$=word$(a$,i,",") v2$=word$(b$,i,",") dotProduct = dotProduct + val(v1$) * val(v2$) wend end function
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Rust
Rust
// alternatively, fn dot_product(a: &Vec<u32>, b: &Vec<u32>) // but using slices is more general and rustic fn dot_product(a: &[i32], b: &[i32]) -> Option<i32> { if a.len() != b.len() { return None } Some( a.iter() .zip( b.iter() ) .fold(0, |sum, (el_a, el_b)| sum + el_a*el_b) ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Racket
Racket
#lang racket (cons '(police fire sanitation) (filter (λ (pfs) (and (not (check-duplicates pfs)) (= 12 (apply + pfs)) pfs)) (cartesian-product (range 2 8 2) (range 1 8) (range 1 8))))  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#Raku
Raku
for (1..7).combinations(3).grep(*.sum == 12) { for .permutations\ .grep(*.[0] %% 2) { say <police fire sanitation> Z=> .list; } }  
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Ursa
Ursa
decl file f f.delete "input.txt" f.delete "docs" f.delete "/input.txt" f.delete "/docs"
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#VAX_Assembly
VAX Assembly
74 75 70 6E 69 20 65 74 65 6C 65 64 0000 1 dcl: .ascii "delete input.txt;,docs.dir;" 64 2E 73 63 6F 64 2C 3B 74 78 74 2E 000C 3B 72 69 0018 69 76 65 64 73 79 73 24 73 79 73 2C 001B 2 .ascii ",sys$sysdevice:[000000]input.txt;" 69 5D 30 30 30 30 30 30 5B 3A 65 63 002...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#VBA
VBA
Option Explicit   Sub DeleteFileOrDirectory() Dim myPath As String myPath = "C:\Users\surname.name\Desktop\Docs" 'delete file Kill myPath & "\input.txt" 'delete Directory RmDir myPath End Sub
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#PureBasic
PureBasic
Procedure IsNumeric(InString.s, DecimalCharacter.c = '.') #NotNumeric = #False #IsNumeric = #True   InString = Trim(InString) Protected IsDecimal, CaughtDecimal, CaughtE Protected IsSignPresent, IsSignAllowed = #True, CountNumeric Protected *CurrentChar.Character = @InString   While *CurrentChar\c Sel...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#S-lang
S-lang
print(sum([1, 3, -5] * [4, -2, -1]));
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Dot_product
Dot product
Task Create a function/use an in-built function, to compute the   dot product,   also known as the   scalar product   of two vectors. If possible, make the vectors of arbitrary length. As an example, compute the dot product of the vectors:   [1,  3, -5]     and   [4, -2, -1] If implementing the dot ...
#Sather
Sather
class MAIN is main is x ::= #VEC(|1.0, 3.0, -5.0|); y ::= #VEC(|4.0, -2.0, -1.0|); #OUT + x.dot(y) + "\n"; end; end;
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Department_numbers
Department numbers
There is a highly organized city that has decided to assign a number to each of their departments:   police department   sanitation department   fire department Each department can have a number between   1   and   7   (inclusive). The three department numbers are to be unique (different from each other) and mu...
#REXX
REXX
/*REXX program finds/displays all possible variants of (3) department numbering puzzle.*/ say 'police sanitation fire' /*display simple title for the output*/ say '══════ ══════════ ════' /* " head separator " " " */ #=0 ...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#VBScript
VBScript
Set oFSO = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )   oFSO.DeleteFile "input.txt" oFSO.DeleteFolder "docs"   oFSO.DeleteFile "\input.txt" oFSO.DeleteFolder "\docs"   'Using Delete on file and folder objects dim fil, fld   set fil = oFSO.GetFile( "input.txt" ) fil.Delete set fld = oFSO.GetFolder( "docs" ) fld.Delet...
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Delete_a_file
Delete a file
Task Delete a file called "input.txt" and delete a directory called "docs". This should be done twice: once "here", i.e. in the current working directory and once in the filesystem root.
#Vedit_macro_language
Vedit macro language
// In current directory File_Delete("input.txt", OK) File_Rmdir("docs")   // In the root directory File_Delete("/input.txt", OK) File_Rmdir("/docs")
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Python
Python
def is_numeric(s): try: float(s) return True except (ValueError, TypeError): return False   is_numeric('123.0')
http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric
Determine if a string is numeric
Task Create a boolean function which takes in a string and tells whether it is a numeric string (floating point and negative numbers included) in the syntax the language uses for numeric literals or numbers converted from strings. Other tasks related to string operations: Metrics Array length String length Cop...
#Quackery
Quackery
[ char . over find tuck over found iff [ swap pluck drop ] else nip ] is -point ( $ --> $ )   [ -point $->n nip ] is numeric ( $ --> b )   [ dup echo$ say " is" numeric not if say " not" say " a valid number." cr ] is task ( $ --> )   $ "152" task ...