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Optimization and Error !!!
Message #1 Posted by gileno on 5 Nov 2006, 8:29 a.m.

1 5
2 x<=Y?
3 GTO 01
4 RDN
5 5
6 X>Y?
7 GTO 02
8 RDN
9 -5
10 X<=y?
11 GTO 03
12 RND
13 -5
14 X>Y?
15 '--
16 LBL 04
17 PROMPT
18 Sequence of instructions ....


30 LBL 01
31 '+
32 GOTO 04
33 LBL 02
34 '++
35 GTO 04
36 LBL 03
37 '-
28 GTO 04

-2 R/S
+ ????

How would I do to show '-' ?

Thank you
      
Re: Optimization and Error !!!
Message #2 Posted by Kiyoshi Akima on 5 Nov 2006, 1:49 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gileno

You're getting + because -2 is less than 5.

Just what are you trying to do? Determine which of the four ranges [-infinity, -5], (-5, 0), [0, 5), [5, infinity] the number is in?

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