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Re: GRAPH-TI

#2036
From: shdwsoftwr
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 06:03
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>>There is no way to DELETE variables within programs.  But, you can reduce
the amount of space taken up by certain types of variables (ie lists,
matricies, vectors, and strings)
the following commands work for their respective variable types:

:dimL 0 ->list name ?(don't have guidebook with me) -lists
:dim 0,0 ->matrixname ?   - matricies
:dimL 0 ->vectorname ??   - vectors
:""->stringname           - string<<

Ahh but it would take even less memory to do this:

""->S
S->Any other kind of variable.

That is store a empty string into a one letter variable and then store that
one letter variable into all of your other variables. The reason this would
be better is because a one letter empty string variable takes up 7 bytes
while a one letter real variable takes up fifteen and the other variables
take up at least that or more. Just have your programs do this step right
before they quit and we can all save some memory.

Brent Deverman
Shadow Software
Internet: shdwsoftwr@aol.com
America Online: ShdwSoftwr
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