Is there any significant difference between STO> and := for variable assignment? The help text for the two is slightly different in a way that makes me think there might be. I know STO> is also used for the unit conversion shortcut.
Hello,
Functionally, they are the same (the same code is sued for both).
There is the |>_unit shortcut that does exist, but is a parser hack, not a sto functionality (comes from the CAS).
|> is more of the "math" notation while := is more of a computer science one..
Appart from that, identical.
Cyrille
Thanks for clearing it up. I'll probably stick with := simply because it's easier to type on a PC.
Hello,
I would agree with you here.
The main difference stand in your order of thinking. := means I need to update the value of a variable. Let me think what I need to set it to.
|> means: I do a calculation... and I want to save it's result somewhere for later use...
As you can see, 2 different way of thinking can lead to 2 different use of the 2 different sto.
Cyrille