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Re: divide by zero problems [message #15426 is a reply to message #15362]

Thu, 13 May 1999 00:00

korpela
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In article <7he06l$m68$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>,
<asowter@synopticsga.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I also had a similar problem but I used the FINITE function to test the
> result.

Yes, this is probably the best way. Apparently the IDL on some platforms
is not IEEE compliant. On those platforms (!values.f_NaN eq !values.f_NaN)
can be true. I would consider this to be a major bug and would not use
IDL on such a platform.

Eric

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		divide by zero problems By: Mark Rehbein on Tue, 11 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: korpela on Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: bowman on Fri, 14 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: mallors on Fri, 14 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: Mark Hadfield on Fri, 14 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: davidf on Thu, 13 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: korpela on Thu, 13 May 1999 00:00
		Re: divide by zero problems By: Frank Monaldo on Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00

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