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Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) [message #62153 is a reply to message #62150]

Tue, 26 August 2008 07:20

Mike[2]
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On Aug 26, 12:58 am, Michael Galloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can use a floating point counter and it is a problem:

Definitely - One way to avoid this representation problem is to use
something like

start = starting value
step = step value
N = number of steps to take
for i = 0L, N-1 do begin
x = start + i*step
;; do stuff with x...
endfor

At least this will keep the loop from misbehaving.

Mike

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		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Jean H. on Tue, 26 August 2008 09:46
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 26 August 2008 08:18
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Mike[2] on Tue, 26 August 2008 07:20
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Spon on Tue, 26 August 2008 04:57
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Chris[6] on Mon, 25 August 2008 22:09
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 25 August 2008 21:58
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: David Fanning on Mon, 25 August 2008 20:40
		Re: Having trouble stopping a loop (or loop de loop de loop) By: mankoff on Mon, 25 August 2008 20:22

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