Date   : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:30:33 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: Programming: Colour names in Sigsumeidsi

Farlie A wrote:
> Sometimes a seeming math operation will be sued when defining a number,
> hence
> (&FF = is hexitiduna   = &100-1 )

You've got the roman numbers problem. Is 9 represented as 5+4 or 10-1?
You've shown that 255 is 256-1, but what's 254? 253? 252? At what point
do you go from 128+64+32+16+something to 256-something?

If you have no subtractions, it's easy, it's named bit positions:
MID$("octit",(n%AND128)<>0)+MID$("teti",(n%AND64)<>0)+etc...
just like converting an access byte to an access string.

You haven't given enough examples to see the naming pattern, or
enough rules to define it.

> For example a simple dark green might be :
>  ov   ga    bi rip (Overflow green accumlater 1/2  level.)
    full green 2  divide

Why not gaoctit ? green-8-times16

> Whereas an obvious but not staurated green might be :
>  ov   ga    tet rip    id bi mul (overflow green accumulator 3/4 level)
    full green 4   divide 1  2  multiply

Hmmm. I think I see where you're going here.

> For convenience , ovra is considered equivalent to
> hex it      udna ra  nul ba     nul ga even though ovra is
   16  times16  ??  red 0   blue   0   green

I do vaguely remember a challenge to convert RGB values to
colours names years'n'years ago. Pale yellow shading to green. ;)

> PRINT FNTimeToText(4*60 + 30)
Half past 4
> REM ;)

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