[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok I resolved my first question about "0.04" But I have ran this tutorial 3 > times now and I am not getting the number the tutorial is giving me. Instead > of simple numbers like 0.04, 0.02 I am getting VERY large numbers... > > 920804400: nan > 920804700: nan > 920805000: 4.0000000000e-02 > 920805300: 2.0000000000e-02
[snip] > Whats going on I carefully typed and even tried copy and paste to make sure I > input the correct numbers. I know the tutorial says you wont get exactly the > same results but these are WAY off..... > I am running this on HPUX9000 OS.11 Nope, the results are the same, it's just the notation that has changed over time. I did send in a patch but it didn't make it in the latest release. 4.0000000e-02 just means 4 times 10 to the power -2 which is 4 times 0.01 which is 0.04 For people not used to scientific notation: Just shift the decimal point when you see numbers like this. For negative numbers go left, for positive numbers go right. 4.0e-02 means 0.04 (decimal point is shifted left by two) 4.0e-01 means 0.4 (decimal point is shifted left by one) 4.0e+00 means 4 (decimal point is not shifted) 4.0e+01 means 40 (decimal point is shifted right by one) 4.0e+02 means 400 (decimal point is shifted right by two) etcetera. HTH -- __________________________________________________________________ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ | work private | | My employer is capable of speaking therefore I speak only for myself | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Technical questions sent directly to me will be nuked. Use the list. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | http://faq.mrtg.org/ | | http://rrdtool.eu.org --> tutorial | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
