Divide$

Floating point calculation function.

The Divide$ function divides two strings representing floating point numbers.

Usage

As only integers are supported numbers in WinTask, calculation on floating point numbers is done using their string representation.

Syntax

res$=Divide$(a$,b$[,rc])

Parameters

a$, b$ are the strings representing the two floating numbers to be divided.

rc, optional numeric return code.
Values are :
0 if the division is successful
1 invalid operation because the parameters are incorrect (for instance, the string can't be considered a number)
2 if operation causes and overflow
3 if division by zero is attempted

Return value

res$, string representing a$/b$.

Examples

Divide$("13.56","145.789") 'gives "0.09"

Divide$("-45.678","34.8976") 'gives "-1.31"

 

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Divide$("567.34257","45.343") 'gives "12.512"