/* 1999-2003, Rony G. Flatscher, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Austria, Europe A *possible* solution to excercise: 3+4 (4) */ IF ARG(1) <> "" THEN /* non-empty argument? */ DO PARSE ARG Fahrenheit /* retrieve the Fahrenheit value */ SAY FORMAT(Fahrenheit, 3, 0) "øF" "=" FORMAT( Celsius(Fahrenheit), 3, 2) "øC" END ELSE /* either no argument or blank string */ DO Fahrenheit=0 TO 100 BY 4 SAY FORMAT(Fahrenheit, 3, 0) "øF" "=" FORMAT( Celsius(Fahrenheit), 3, 2) "øC" END ::ROUTINE Celsius RETURN (ARG(1)-32)*(5/9) /* use argument directly, calculate, return result */