Re: Pic question

[Riza Dindir]

Hello Ralph,

Thank you very much for the help.

Riza

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 12:53 PM Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Riza,
>
> > I have a location using a fraction like so "1/3 <A.ne, A.se>".  How can
> > I get the x component of that location?
> ...
> >     a = 1/3 <A.ne, A.se>;
> >     print a.x;
> >
> > This fails at the assignment and it says "syntax error before ','"
>
> You're assigning an expression to a variable and ‘n/m <...>’ is
> available in expressions as far as I recall.
>
> This should put you on the right track.
>
>     $ cat third.tr
>     .PS
>     B: box
>     A: 1/3 <B.ne, B.se>
>     print A
>     print A.x
>     .PE
>     $
>     $ pic <third.tr >/dev/null
>     0.75, 0.0833333
>     0.75
>     $
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.