Re: pari gp synatx ';' and \

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:39:47PM -0700, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Hello -
> 
> I am having trouble understanding when and when not to use ';' and '\'.  i
> think.  Maybe it is something else I am having troubles with.

Hello Richard,

What you have trouble actually is with {}.

Normally, you should not use '\'. 
Instead you should wrap your code with {} once:

{
  for (year=1901,2000,
    if(ordinal%7==0,totsun+=1);
    ordinal+=january;
    if(ordinal%7==0,totsun+=1); 
    if(leap(year),ordinal+=februaryl,ordinal+=february);
    if(ordinal%7==0,totsun+=1);
    ordinal+=march);
}

Cheers,
Bill.