Phaethon Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 If (1/3)*3 = 1 Then $num = (1/3)*3 MsgBox(0, "YAY",$num) Else MsgBox(0,"","Fail") EndIf Why is it returning 1? Is some sort of rounding occurring? Coder's Helper >> Here[center][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immensee Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 er... O_O even i child of 10 can solve this one well 1/3 equals ~0.3333 and that number * 3 = 1 The if statements looks if the result equals 1, and yes it does. then it shows it in a msgbox. To make my post a little more useful i will say a more simple way to form the code you have: $num = (1/3)*3 if $num = 1 then msgbox(0, "YAY", $num) else msgbox(0, "", "Fail") endif you see that you used too many (1/3)*3blabla, instead you could've written 1x the $num var, and call THAT up. costed you less typing just the info immense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monoceres Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 This is actually a very interesting mathematical question. The above is the proof that 0.999999... is equal to 1. Why? Because 1/3 is not 0.333 it's 0.333... (notice the dots) and that times 3 is 0.999... which is equal to 1 ( since 1/3 = 0.333 and 1/3*3 is equal to one). Broken link? PM me and I'll send you the file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaethon Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 This is actually a very interesting mathematical question. The above is the proof that 0.999999... is equal to 1. Why? Because 1/3 is not 0.333 it's 0.333... (notice the dots) and that times 3 is 0.999... which is equal to 1 ( since 1/3 = 0.333 and 1/3*3 is equal to one).interesting that you would bring that up, I was actually trying to use this as a sort of "joke" to disprove that @Immense - Thanks for your attempt to help me, but that is not at all relevant sadly. I know how to code this lol, it isn't for anything "practical" simply a demonstration. Coder's Helper >> Here[center][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monoceres Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 interesting that you would bring that up, I was actually trying to use this as a sort of "joke" to disprove that You know I had a feeling you were doing that Broken link? PM me and I'll send you the file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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