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Div by zero musings.
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20/11/1998 10:42:43
Mark Hall
Independent Developer & Voip Specialist
Keston, Kent, United Kingdom
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00159730
Message ID:
00159733
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>OK, any comments on this?
>
>I have an app that allows users to enter formulae, and I am trying to capture the results of a Div by 0 before the app tries to store the result.
>
>This seems reasonable
>? (1/0) = (1000/0)
>.T.
>
>So, why is this any different
>x = (22* 0) / ( 0 * 92)
>y = (1/0)
>? x = y
>.F.
>
>Give me a good old Div by zero error any day.

Mathematically speaking, 0/0 not the same as 1/0. The first usually has a "limit," usually 1, the second is infinite. Maybe vfp recognizes the difference...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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