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-10.920407 / (24 / 90) = Math Error
Huns Valen
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11-05-2004 18:52
Make a cube and put this script into it:

CODE
default {
    state_entry() {
        llSay(0, (string)(-10.920407 / (24 / 90)));
    }
}


Object: Script run-time error
Object: Math Error

According to my TI-83, the answer is -40.95752625...
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Moleculor Satyr
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11-05-2004 19:05
Maybe this is why XyCalc hasn't worked since 1.5's release.
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Carnildo Greenacre
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11-05-2004 23:04
According to my computer, the answer is -NaN:

(24 / 90) = 0
-10.920407 / 0 = -NaN
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Huns Valen
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11-05-2004 23:19
From: Carnildo Greenacre
(24 / 90) = 0
and you thought creative mathematics was the sole domain of Enron executives!

maybe it needs to be 24.0/90.0 so that the compiler knows it is looking at floats and not integers.
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Catherine Omega
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11-06-2004 11:58
You can get into trouble when mixing floats and integers. LSL doesn't deal with implicit typecasting very well. To be safe, always stick to one format.

Remember, 24 / 90 == 0.
24.0 / 90.0 == 0.266667.
Integers are whole numbers. If you want decimal places, you have to use floats.

The math error is the result of dividing 24 by 90, getting 0, then attempting to divide -10.920407 by 0. You can't do that. :)
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11-06-2004 14:10
ehhh once you get use to the weirdness of integer math, you can exploit it. But you never become happy with it.
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