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Automatic Conversion To A Higher Type
Description
The numeric types in O-Matrix, together with the logical type, have the following order from lowest to highest Coercion Order

logical

->

char

->

int

->

real

->

double

->

complex

Many operators or function that allow arguments of different types provided that all the types are in the set listed above. All of the arguments are converted to the same type, and then operation is performed. The type chosen is the highest type of any of the arguments.

Example
If you enter
     x = 3.1
     y = 1i0
     print x + y
O-Matrix will respond
     (3.1,1)
In the print statement above, O-Matrix converted the left operand to a complex number before adding. The value of x, however, is still real.

The rules for converting values to each of the possible types, are described in the int , char , real , double , and complex sections.