Hello,
WriteLn(FloatToStr(100 / 0));This code prints on the screen "+Inf", but I think it should be "NaN". Is this a bug or a special case in computer arithmetic?
thx
Michael
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Division by Zero
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- Andreas Schneider 1
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Michael Fuchs wrote 6 lines
Hello,
WriteLn(FloatToStr(100 / 0));
This code prints on the screen "+Inf", but I think it should be "NaN".
Is this a bug or a special case in computer arithmetic?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero#In_computer_arithmetic
Best Regards,
Andreas
Andreas Schneider wrote> This code prints on the screen "+Inf", but I think it should be "NaN". > Is this a bug or a special case in computer arithmetic? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero#In_computer_arithmetic
Oh, thank you. I should not read only the german part of wikipedia. Shame on me.
Michael