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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2006-08-09 10:06:28 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2006-08-09 10:06:28 (GMT)
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Make [expr] use in examples more idiomatic [Bug 1526581]
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diff --git a/doc/expr.n b/doc/expr.n
index 880ab0e..d84f384 100644
--- a/doc/expr.n
+++ b/doc/expr.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: expr.n,v 1.22 2006/04/26 04:41:10 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: expr.n,v 1.23 2006/08/09 10:06:28 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH expr n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ Then the command on the left side of each of the lines below
will produce the value on the right side of the line:
.CS
.ta 6c
-\fBexpr 3.1 + $a 6.1
-expr 2 + "$a.$b" 5.6
-expr 4*[llength "6 2"] 8
-expr {{word one} < "word $a"} 0\fR
+\fBexpr\fR 3.1 + $a \fI6.1\fR
+\fBexpr\fR 2 + "$a.$b" \fI5.6\fR
+\fBexpr\fR 4*[llength "6 2"] \fI8\fR
+\fBexpr\fR {{word one} < "word $a"} \fI0\fR
.CE
.SS OPERATORS
.PP
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ of the \fBpow\fR function (after any type conversions.)
All of the binary operators group left-to-right within the same
precedence level. For example, the command
.CS
-\fBexpr 4*2 < 7\fR
+\fBexpr\fR {4*2 < 7}
.CE
returns 0.
.PP
@@ -266,19 +266,19 @@ For arithmetic computations, integers are used until some
floating-point number is introduced, after which floating-point is used.
For example,
.CS
-\fBexpr 5 / 4\fR
+\fBexpr\fR {5 / 4}
.CE
returns 1, while
.CS
-\fBexpr 5 / 4.0\fR
-\fBexpr 5 / ( [string length "abcd"] + 0.0 )\fR
+\fBexpr\fR {5 / 4.0}
+\fBexpr\fR {5 / ( [string length "abcd"] + 0.0 )}
.CE
both return 1.25.
Floating-point values are always returned with a ``\fB.\fR''
or an \fBe\fR so that they will not look like integer values. For
example,
.CS
-\fBexpr 20.0/5.0\fR
+\fBexpr\fR {20.0/5.0}
.CE
returns \fB4.0\fR, not \fB4\fR.
.SS "STRING OPERATIONS"