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Diffstat (limited to 'CHICKEN.html.markdown')
| -rw-r--r-- | CHICKEN.html.markdown | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/CHICKEN.html.markdown b/CHICKEN.html.markdown index 080527a9..7fb0270b 100644 --- a/CHICKEN.html.markdown +++ b/CHICKEN.html.markdown @@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ sqr ;; => #<procedure (sqr x)> (= 2 1) ;; => #f ;; 'eq?' returns #t if two arguments refer to the same object in memory -;; In other words, it's a simple pointer comparision. +;; In other words, it's a simple pointer comparison. (eq? '() '()) ;; => #t ;; there's only one empty list in memory (eq? (list 3) (list 3)) ;; => #f ;; not the same object (eq? 'yes 'yes) ;; => #t (eq? 3 3) ;; => #t ;; don't do this even if it works in this case -(eq? 3 3.0) ;; => #f ;; it's better to use '=' for number comparisions +(eq? 3 3.0) ;; => #f ;; it's better to use '=' for number comparisons (eq? "Hello" "Hello") ;; => #f ;; 'eqv?' is same as 'eq?' all datatypes except numbers and characters @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ sqr ;; => #<procedure (sqr x)> (equal? '(1 2 3) '(1 2 3)) ;; => #t (equal? #(a b c) #(a b c)) ;; => #t (equal? 'a 'a) ;; => #t -(equal? "abc" "abc") ;; => #f +(equal? "abc" "abc") ;; => #t ;; In Summary: ;; eq? tests if objects are identical |