Re: init

Jon Harrop wrote:
bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
why won't this work?

float boxcenter[3];

if (nodectr == 0)
boxcenter = {centerpt[0] + halfwidth/2.0, centerpt[1] + halfwidth/2.0,
centerpt[2] + halfwidth/2.0};


Because you're using the wrong language. Try OCaml:

or Mathematica:

or C++ with a suitable library:


or Perl:

my @boxcenter = map { $_ + $halfwidth/2 } @centerpt;


- Logan
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