Division by Zero Error

[Mark Schonewille]

oh! denominator!

Kind regards,

Mark Schonewille
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Op 08-Jul-17 om 09:03 schreef Mark Schonewille:
> Usually, I can predict that a numerator is going to be 0, e.g. in
> 1/(x^2). I just check the value of the numerator before doing the division.
>
> In rare cases, I can't predict the value of the numerator. In those
> cases, I put a try control structure around the offending lines and some
> code to clean up after the "final" line.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark Schonewille
> http://economy-x-talk.com
> https://www.facebook.com/marksch
>
> Buy the most extensive book on the
> LiveCode language:
> http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com
>
> Op 08-Jul-17 om 05:35 schreef Roger Guay via use-livecode:
>> I often find that I have to deal with a division by zero error message
>> in plotting functions, solving equation etc. Are there methods or
>> techniques used to programmatically handle or work-around a possible
>> division by zero? e.g. If I want to evaluate y= 1/(x-3), what can I do
>> to deal with a possible x=3 situation?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Roger
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