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Posted: 5th Apr 2012 19:28 Edited at: 5th Apr 2012 19:29

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Hi,
I am having a bit of trouble with a fromula at the moment.
The calculation i am trying to do is below, but it keeps returning 0.
Can anyone find the problem?

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        Level=100
        AttackStat=512
        AttackPower=100
        DefenseStat=512
        STAB#=1.5
        Effectiveness=4
        RandomNumber=99
        
    damagedone# =  ((((2 * Level / 5 + 2) * AttackStat * AttackPower / DefenseStat) / 50) + 2) * STAB * Effectiveness * (RandomNumber / 100)
print damagedone#
wait key

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Posted: 5th Apr 2012 19:45

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RandomNumber / 100

That will evaluate to zero because both arguments are integers so DBPro will use integer division and ignore the remainder which is 0.99 in this case. If you want full float precision then make sure that each component part of the calculation has at least one float. For example

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