Don't know how to use floating point values

[garciafigueres]

Hi everyone! I'm a little embarrased for making this question, but I don't know how can I use floating point values in my programs. I know it's possible, by adding .0 or something like that, but this doesn't work for me.

Please, can anyone explain it to me?

I'm trying to get a weight coefficient. I have 3 EditBoxes:

Weight, Height and Coefficient.

Coefficient = Weight/(Height*Height)

When I click on a button, the Coefficient EditBox should show the result, but it always is an integer number.

Thank you.

[Villy]

Coefficient = (Weight*1.0)/(Height*Height)

^^ I think it is like that

[garciafigueres]

Thanks! I'll give it a try and I'll post the results.

[garciafigueres]

Well, I couldn't make it work, but... I tried an easier way. I simply wrote "Val(Get Text)", without adding 0.1, and it worked fine. Now I'm fighting to put it online, but Vitalize won't work with MMF2 programs :-(

Thank you again, my friend.

[Joshtek]

Make sure you use (val(Edittext$( "Edit Box" ))+0.0) instead of Edit Value( "Edit Box" ).

[garciafigueres]

Hi. This is what I've used:

[color:#3333FF][font:Courier New]Val(Edittext$( "Peso" ))/(Val(Edittext$( "Altura" ))*Val(Edittext$( "Altura" )))[/font][/color]

Without the "+0.0"... Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but it works fine, now.

[raytrace]

Always perform a multiplication before a division for the most accurate results

[garciafigueres]

Always perform a multiplication before a division for the most accurate results

[grin] Thanks!