posted 08-17-2007 07:59 PM         

Under the current settings, version 2.9 of uCalc FMP requires a leading 0 in front of fractional numbers between 0 and 1. For instance, it will recognize 0.25 as a valid number, but not .25. In the current version of uCalc FMP, nothing is set in stone. Numeric notations, syntax, and many other things can easily be modified to suit your requirements. If you do not want uCalc to require the leading 0, then simply search for the following line in the include file:

ucDefine "Pattern:[0-9]+\.)?[0-9]*(e[-+]?[0-9]+)? ~~ DataType: #2", ucLiteral, ucExtended ' Numeric

And replace it with these two pattern defs:

ucDefine "Pattern:[0-9]*(e[-+]?[0-9]+)? ~~ DataType: #2", ucLiteral, ucExtended
ucDefine "Pattern: ([0-9]+)?\.[0-9]*(e[-+]?[0-9]+)? ~~ DataType: #2", ucLiteral, ucExtended

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Daniel Corbier
uCalc FMP author

posted 12-20-2007 08:27 PM         

ucDefine("Pattern: ([0-9]+)?\\.[0-9]*(e[-+]?[0-9]+)? ~~ DataType: #2", ucLiteral, ucDouble);

You do not actually have to modify the include file. If you add these two lines of definitions later on, it will supersede the definition from the include file.