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changeset 58499:2a4a771d6699
(Comparison of Numbers): Add eql.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:14:35 +0000 |
| parents | 5ba4d96600d3 |
| children | 6f8c0631e5aa |
| files | lispref/numbers.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/numbers.texi Thu Nov 25 03:13:50 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/numbers.texi Thu Nov 25 03:14:35 2004 +0000 @@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ returns @code{t} if so, @code{nil} otherwise. @end defun +@defun eql value1 value2 +This function compares two floating point numbers like @code{=}, and +compares two integers like @code{=}, and acts like @code{eq} in all +other cases. Thus, @code{(eql 1.0 1)} returns @code{nil}, but +@code{(eql 1.0 1.0)} and @code{(eql 1 1)} both return @code{t}. +@end defun + @defun /= number-or-marker1 number-or-marker2 This function tests whether its arguments are numerically equal, and returns @code{t} if they are not, and @code{nil} if they are.