Apparently, divide by zero causes a fixed point exception but not for
floating point.
Craig
On May 3, 2010, at 12:11 PM, C N Davies wrote:
Thanks Richard you were right it was a 0.0 / 0.0 which I would have
thought
would have generated a divide by zero exception which I do capture,
but
apparently not *shrug*. Also 0 divide by zero I would have thought
was zero
... I learned 2 new things today!
Thanks!
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Landers, Richard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 3:38 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: What is a NaN?
Could you have arithmetic gone bad before persisting?
0.0 / 0.0
Sqrt(-something)
Inf - Inf
http://www.concentric.net/~Ttwang/tech/javafloat.htm has other
examples.
-----Original Message-----
From: C N Davies [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: What is a NaN?
No, just a str8 insert :(
-----Original Message-----
From: Daryl Stultz [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 2:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: What is a NaN?
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM, C N Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
I guess it is "Not a Number",
A long shot: do you have any JavaScript involved?
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Daryl Stultz
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