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authorKaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>2015-12-23 06:58:09 -0800
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chr-isdigit and chr-isxdigit return value.
* lib.c (chr_isdigit, chr_isxdigit): Return the integer value rather than the symbol t, which can be exploited to write more compact scanning code. * txr.1: Documented.
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@@ -17646,11 +17646,11 @@ character. For other characters, it returns
.mets (chr-isdigit << char )
.syne
.desc
-This function returns
-.code t
-if the character
+If
.meta char
-is is an ASCII digit.
+is is an ASCII digit character,
+.code chr-isdigit
+returns the integer value, 0 to 9, corresponding to that character.
Otherwise, it returns
.codn nil .
@@ -17803,19 +17803,28 @@ is an ASCII upper case letter. Otherwise it returns
.mets (chr-isxdigit << char )
.syne
.desc
-This function returns
-.code t
-if
+If
.meta char
-is a hexadecimal digit. One of the ASCII
-letters
+is a hexadecimal digit character,
+.code chr-isxdigit
+returns its integer value 0 to 15.
+Otherwise it returns
+.codn nil .
+
+A hexadecimal digit is one of the ASCII
+digit characters
+.code 0
+through
+.codn 9 ,
+or else one of the letters
.code A
through
-.codn F ,
-or their lower-case equivalents, or an ASCII digit
-.code 0
+.code F
+or their lower-case equivalents
+.code a
through
-.codn 9 .
+.code f
+denoting the values 10 to 15.
.coNP Function @ chr-toupper
.synb