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MC: Why different? Why not a bug?
04-15-2018, 08:59 PM (This post was last modified: 04-15-2018 10:34 PM by Joe Horn.)
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MC: Why different? Why not a bug?
The screen shot below was taken in Home view. Notice that the last two results are different. This might SEEM like a bug, but it's not.

Mini-challenge: explain (a) why they are different, and (b) why this is NOT a bug.

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Hint #1: The same results are obtained regardless of the currently active app.

Hint #2: No, the results were not obtained on different sides of midnight. Big Grin The whole thing was done during the same Date.

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04-16-2018, 02:51 AM (This post was last modified: 04-16-2018 02:53 AM by Mark Hardman.)
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RE: MC: Why different? Why not a bug?
(04-15-2018 08:59 PM)Joe Horn Wrote:  The screen shot below was taken in Home view. Notice that the last two results are different. This might SEEM like a bug, but it's not.

Mini-challenge: explain (a) why they are different, and (b) why this is NOT a bug.

ifactor is a CAS function and its arguments are evaluated in CAS mode. Because CAS mode does not use BCD, the result of Date*10000 is internally represented as 20180414.999999880791 and ifactor(IP(Date*10000)) is evaluated as ifactor(20180414)--which results in an unexpected result. If you first evaluate IP(Date*10000) in Home, the correct BCD result of 20180415 is assigned to Ans and evaluating ifactor(20180415) returns the correct result. This is not a bug. It is simply the difference in how numbers are stored in Home vs. CAS. An excellent example of something that should be considered when using CAS commands in Home.

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04-16-2018, 03:33 AM
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RE: MC: Why different? Why not a bug?
Mark: Exactly correct, and clearly explained! Well done! Smile

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