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$calc bug #73749 05/03/04 12:44 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England. B Bleepy OP Ameglian cow
OP Bleepy Ameglian cow B Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31 Sussex, England.	//echo -a $calc(100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 + 1) returns 99999999999999997000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ... @#HelpDesk - DALnet

Re: $calc bug #73750 05/03/04 01:14 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,230 D DaveC Hoopy frood
DaveC Hoopy frood D Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 4,230	wow hope i never need to add 1 to 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Re: $calc bug #73751 05/03/04 06:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1 Singapore A ad3285 Mostly harmless
ad3285 Mostly harmless A Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1 Singapore	well according to the post i tried the following: //echo -a $calc(10000000000000000000000 + 0) it returns 10000000000000000000000 which is perfectly fine. but when i try to add another 0 behind //echo -a $calc(100000000000000000000000 + 0) it returns 99999999999999992000000 seems like the problems only affect with int numbers bigger than 24char

Re: $calc bug #73752 05/03/04 08:08 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 18 Shanghai, China L Lodd Pikka bird
Lodd Pikka bird L Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 18 Shanghai, China	so crazy, isn't it?

Re: $calc bug #73753 05/03/04 04:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 4,521 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 4,521 London, UK	Yes, as with all programming/scripting languages, $calc() handles numbers up to a certain size, anything beyond that will result in overflow and the result is indeterminate.

Re: $calc bug #73754 13/03/04 10:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Greece C cmad Babel fish
cmad Babel fish C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Greece	and it's surprising it can handle so big numbers My ally is the compiler, and a powerful ally it is!