RE: What do you get when you multiply a number with 1

> From: Scott Klement
> 
> > What's faster:
> >     Eval(H)...  MyField * 1
> > or
> >     Eval(H)...  MyField + 0
> 
> 
> Are you looking for a really fast way to do nothing?

No, he's looking for the fastest way to half adjust a value.


> The half-adjust is the same for both operations. So your question is:
> "What's faster?  Multiplying by 1 and making no difference to my value --
> or adding 0, and making no difference to my value"

No, his question was quite clear: which is faster?  Using the multiply by
one or the add zero technique?  Up to that point in the thread, nobody had
thought to simply do an EVAL(H) with no operation.


> If you're concerned with efficiency, why do operations that
> don't accomplish anything?

If you're trying to help, just provide an answer rather than pose a question
that could be seen as condescending or belittling.

Joe