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Another VB4.0 Question...

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Thanato #1 / 4	Another VB4.0 Question... Is there a bug in VB4.0 when trying to divide? The following is part of my code: Label51.Caption=a$ Label53.Caption = b$ Label55.Caption = (b$ / a$) / 0.01 Basically, a$ is the total amount possible and b$ is the total achieved. Say that a$=55 and b$=31 : (b$/a$)=.5636363636364; take that and divide by 01 and it should equal 56.36...% When the code is executed though, the result that is placed into Label55.Caption is something like 1453256 Any ideas about this? Please help.
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Paul Sampso #2 / 4	Another VB4.0 Question... Quote: > Is there a bug in VB4.0 when trying to divide? The following is part of my > code: > Label51.Caption=a$ > Label53.Caption = b$ > Label55.Caption = (b$ / a$) / 0.01 > Basically, a$ is the total amount possible and b$ is the total achieved. > Say that a$=55 and b$=31 : (b$/a$)=.5636363636364; take that and divide by > 01 and it should equal 56.36...% > When the code is executed though, the result that is placed into > Label55.Caption is something like 1453256 > Any ideas about this? Please help. When I first saw this, I boggled, mindwise. I am prompted to ask - how are your a$ and b$ variables declared? Because the first two lines treat them as strings (as the $ suffix suggests). Then the third line appears to be attempting 'string division' which struck me as rather an odd idea. I've heard of polymorphism and overloading, but this is ridiculous. However. Just to be on the safe side, I tried it out. And it does indeed work. The thing is, I mean it really works. My caption comes out as 56.3636363636364, so, being unable to reproduce your symptoms, I have nothing further to offer. Peculiar, innit? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- BB 74 A4 EF 03 F8 44 C1 F3 75 FE C6 7E F9 6E 43 --- at home -------------------------------------------------------------------
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Bill Bro #3 / 4	Another VB4.0 Question... Quote: >Is there a bug in VB4.0 when trying to divide? The following is part of my >code: > Label51.Caption=a$ > Label53.Caption = b$ > Label55.Caption = (b$ / a$) / 0.01 >Basically, a$ is the total amount possible and b$ is the total achieved. >Say that a$=55 and b$=31 : (b$/a$)=.5636363636364; take that and divide by >01 and it should equal 56.36...% >When the code is executed though, the result that is placed into >Label55.Caption is something like 1453256 >Any ideas about this? Please help. I don't know what VB is doing with this, but if you had showed me this without the results I would have guesed that it would cause a compile error. I'm not really comfortable with implicit conversions of strings to numbers inside equations. You might try something like: Label51.Caption=a! Label53.Caption = b! Label55.Caption = (b! / a!) / 0.01 The caption control transparently handles conversion from single to string for the caption. Bill Brown
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Matthew Murria #4 / 4	Another VB4.0 Question... The problem is you are dividing a string by a string which works fine, but then you are dividing by a number. Try this code: Label51.Caption= Val(a$) Label53.Caption = Val(b$) Label55.Caption = Val(b$)) / Val(a$)) / 0.01 Quote: > Is there a bug in VB4.0 when trying to divide? The following is part of my > code: > Label51.Caption=a$ > Label53.Caption = b$ > Label55.Caption = (b$ / a$) / 0.01 > Basically, a$ is the total amount possible and b$ is the total achieved. > Say that a$=55 and b$=31 : (b$/a$)=.5636363636364; take that and divide by > 01 and it should equal 56.36...% > When the code is executed though, the result that is placed into > Label55.Caption is something like 1453256 > Any ideas about this? Please help.
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 03:00:00 GMT

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