Re: FN-FORUM: ASP Maths Problem!

date posted 1st February 2008 13:32

Dom Latter wrote:
> On Friday 01 February 2008 14:44:28 Graham Stark wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 12:29 +0000, Dom Latter wrote:
>>> So intTotal * 47/200 will do nicely.
>> This could give you 0 depending on the order of evaluation - whether
>> your compiler sees this as (intTotal*47)/200 or intTotal*(47/200). The
>> former is more usual, though.
>
> In real code I would make it explicit by using parentheses. But if
> the language leaves the order of evaluation undefined or does it
> right to left, then I'm not using that language if I can possibly help
> it.
>

Why don't languages Do The Right Thing(TM) and use BODMAS like any good
GCSE kid would? :)

Carl