From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T01:15:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Stock Portfolios (#41)

On Aug 10, 2005, at 11:01 AM, email55555@gmail.com wrote:

> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
>> if portfolio.empty? or not ARGV.empty? and ARGV.first == "-p"
>>
>
> Typo error ?
>
> The way you wrote:
> if portfolio.empty? or not ARGV.empty? and ARGV.first == "-p"
> Will treat like:
> if (portfolio.empty? or not ARGV.empty?) and ARGV.first == "-p"
>
> I guess you would like to say:
> if portfolio.empty? or (not ARGV.empty? and ARGV.first == "-p")
>
> Note:
> && has higher precedence than ||
> but "or" "and" both are the same precedence.

You're right and I should know better.  Thanks!

James Edward Gray II