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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Variable not dividing...What's wrong?

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RoyalBlood
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Posted: 28th May 2009 02:45
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When I run it, it's not dividing...CenterX is just showing up as the width of WordsX.

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Erk
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Posted: 28th May 2009 03:01
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If it carries over from other languages, the problem is that you can't divide integers.
If you call it centerx# and divide by 2.0 then it should work
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RoyalBlood
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Posted: 28th May 2009 03:35
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Still didn't work...

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BMacZero
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Posted: 28th May 2009 03:44
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No, that wouldn't cause this, it would just be rounded...

Try to simplify the program as much as possible temporarily to track down the error. wordsx$ might not be storing what you think it is. The text settings might not be what you think they are. Most likely it's in the way you are using the value that the error is occuring.

Also you might try putting parenthesis around the text width(wordsx$).



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Vathelokai
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Posted: 28th May 2009 04:59
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It looks like you are trying to divide text by two. I think (all guess work) that you should try something like...



The dollar sign is telling the program that it is a word and not a number (even if the word is made up of number characters), so it cannot be part of normal math.
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BMacZero
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Posted: 28th May 2009 16:21
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@Vathelokai

Text Width is an integer, the string is just a parameter for it. I see no reason why the code originally posted shouldn't work.

Also, you're missing a rather important hash sign in your code...





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bobbel
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Posted: 28th May 2009 17:26
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this just works for me!



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Dabbler
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Posted: 29th May 2009 05:02
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Is this of any help?



I hope so.


Whatever...
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