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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:56:17 -0400
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On 4/17/2025 8:50 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2025-04-17, bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/16/2025 9:29 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>> Most modern code-counting tools _are_ language aware.  Whether
>>> they do a better or worse job for each given language may be a
>>> matter of debate, but most at least recognize different
>>> languages and have some knowledge of their semantics.
>>>
>> I wonder how they would handle BASIC?  :-)
>>
>> 10 FOR X = 1 TO 10
>> 20 PRINT X
>> 30 NEXT X
>>
>> 10 FOR X = 1 TO 10:PRINT X:NEXT X
>>
>> Is the snippet above one line of code or three?
> 
> 3 lines of code.

Other replies cover what the tools actually does.

If we discuss what is the "right" answer, then I would
actually say 2.

for i := 1 to 10 do writeln(i)

for i := 1 to 10 do
    writeln(i)

for i := 1 to 10 do begin
    writeln(i)
end;

for i := 1 to 10 do
begin
    writeln(i)
end;

for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) printf("%d\n", i);

for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
     printf("%d\n", i);

for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
     printf("%d\n", i);
}

for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
     printf("%d\n", i);
}

I would say 2 for all.

And unless Basic next has some subtle functionality I am not
aware of then I would say 2 for Basic as well.

Arne