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Tireas Dragon

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Variables
« on: June 16, 2008, 09:57:39 AM »
Well using a scientific calculator I have discovered the maximum number of different number variables you can have is approximately 175945240730481326961561908185588573916379060606336. I just thought it was a high number.
EDIT: If I am wrong there is more.
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Re: Variables
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 04:13:13 AM »
ironic since the amount of variables you can have, is greater than the maximum value they can hold
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Re: Variables
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 04:18:21 AM »
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ironic since the amount of variables you can have, is greater than the maximum value they can hold
Yeah, by a few million times.
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Re: Variables
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 08:43:41 AM »
well you see your variables can contain 31 characters but I did not count the symbols when I counted the variable number. So the mathematical problem was 36 to the 31st power which is 175945240730481326961561908185588573916379060606336.
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Re: Variables
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2008, 05:01:15 AM »
actually wouldnt it be 31! (or 31 factorial) since you cannot count the same combo twie for each different letter.
31! = 8.2228385x10^33 so its quiet the large number still.
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Re: Variables
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2008, 01:42:19 PM »
Actually I forgot to take into account the fact that not all variables have 31 characters so Its quite a bit more.
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