Re: Mathlib functions always returning 0

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From: Luc
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:45

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This turned out to be a compilation problem.  I used PRC-Tools 2.0 and
recompiling the same code with CW 9.2 fixed the problem.

Luc

"Luc M." <luc_martineau@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I get '0' from a mathlib functions when I try to pass a parameter.
> The functions return the proper value if the parameter is checked before
> calling the function.
>
> Assuming 'index' is equal to 2, why does the function 'sqrt(index)' return
0
> in the following code:
>
>    Int32 index;
>    double c;
>
>    index = StrAToI(FldGetTextPtr(fldInput));     /* field set so that
index
> is 2 */
>    c = sqrt(index);                                              /*
Returns
> 0 ? */
>
>
> But it returns the proper value in the following code:
>
>     index = StrAToI(FldGetTextPtr(fldInput));   /* field set so that index
> is 2 */
>     if(index == 2)
>     {
>       c = sqrt(index);                                          /* Returns
> proper value !!! */
>     }
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>

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