0 and 00

[bwburke94]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Personally, this rule seems unnecessarily silly. An official can signal 00 or he can signal 0. No difference. we allow 33 and 3, don't we.

(And yes ... I believe 05 and 5 should be legal for the very same reason)

The difference here is that 0 (or 5) has the same value as 00 (or 05), just with a meaningless zero added at the start. 3 does not have the same value as 33.

Because of the way computers work, there is no way for them to distinguish between 0 and 00, or 5 and 05, in some cases.

I'm of the firm belief that there should not be a T if there's a feasible case of computer error. I stress I'm not an official in any sport, but the last thing I want to see is a "technicality technical", if you know what I mean.

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by bwburke94

Because of the way computers work, there is no way for them to distinguish between 0 and 00, or 5 and 05, in some cases.

Of course there are. May not be as easy, but . . .

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by bwburke94

The difference here is that 0 (or 5) has the same value as 00 (or 05), just with a meaningless zero added at the start. 3 does not have the same value as 33.

Because of the way computers work, there is no way for them to distinguish between 0 and 00, or 5 and 05, in some cases.

Computer programmer checking in:

05 and 5 (or 0 and 00) are equivalent only if the uniform number is stored as an Integer. If they're stored as a String, 05 and 5 are not identical.

About the only real reason you'd store uniform number as an Integer is to make sorting easier... sorting Integers in numerical order (as you would expect in a box score) is easier than sorting Strings in numerical order... with Strings, the default order will be something like this:
0
00
02
03
1
01
12
14
2
22
25
3
31
32
34
etc.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Computer programmer checking in:



05 and 5 (or 0 and 00) are equivalent only if the uniform number is stored as an Integer. If they're stored as a String, 05 and 5 are not identical.



About the only real reason you'd store uniform number as an Integer is to make sorting easier... sorting Integers in numerical order (as you would expect in a box score) is easier than sorting Strings in numerical order... with Strings, the default order will be something like this:

0

00

02

03

1

01

12

14

2

22

25

3

31

32

34

etc.

And the sorting is why I assumed they store the digits as integers. Could be wrong. Always hated programming.