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Re: [amibroker] Re: [Tomasz] 1 / 0 = 0? : NaN or Infinity would be good



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Mike,

A next beta (4.29.8) will give you 100.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mik-u@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 6:20 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: [Tomasz] 1 / 0 = 0? : NaN or Infinity would be good


> Hi Tomasz,
> 
> NaN or Infinity would be good. I just need something to check an 
> exception and get correct value (100) when calculating formula like 
> this:
> 
> 100 - 100 / (1 + 30 / 0) 
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > When I am thinking more on this... maybe it would be better
> > to display a special string "NaN" in such case?
> > 
> > I will modify the WriteVal and this division handling so
> > it displays NaN string so it is more obvious what happens.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Janeczko
> > amibroker.com
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] [Tomasz] 1 / 0 = 0?
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > (30/0) is NaN  - NOT a NUMBER 
> > > 
> > > Division by zero is illegal operation.
> > > 
> > > If there was no protection against dividing by zero
> > > the program would just bomb out (crash and say good bye).
> > > 
> > > Therefore when dividing two numbers X / Y AB checks
> > > if Y is equal to zero and always returns zero in that case.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > amibroker.com
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: <mik-u@xxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 4:00 AM
> > > Subject: [amibroker] [Tomasz] 1 / 0 = 0?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Tomasz,
> > > > 
> > > > AB returning 0 for an expression like 1 / 0. Is it correct?
> > > > 
> > > > The following expression
> > > > 
> > > >    100 - 100 / (1 + 30 / 0) 
> > > > 
> > > > is equal 0 in AB, but I think it should be equal 100.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Mike
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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