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Re: Problem with variable declaration [message #70523 is a reply to message #70522]

Wed, 21 April 2010 10:33

Bruce Bowler
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Registered: September 1998

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On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:24:29 -0700, bala murugan wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> IDL> print,((10^5)/(exp(10)*factorial(5)))
>
> The actual result of the above line is 0.0378332748
>
> But when we run it in IDL we get the result as -0.011755556
>
> What should be done to rectify this?
>
> Thanks,
> B

For what it's worth, when I run this on windows using 7.1.1, I get the
expected answer...

Are you sure you haven't redefined exp or factorial?

B

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		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: bala murugan on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:55
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: bala murugan on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:53
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: penteado on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:47
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: bala murugan on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:36
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: bala murugan on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:34
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: Bruce Bowler on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:33
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: jeanh on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:31
		Re: Problem with variable declaration By: penteado on Wed, 21 April 2010 10:59

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