Re: Strange result with exponents...

["Jim Franz" <jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

v5r1
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jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Franz" <jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: Strange result with exponents...


> v4r5
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> jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:37 PM
> Subject: Strange result with exponents...
>
>
> >
> > Someone posted this question on the iSeries Network's RPG forum, and it
> > stumped me, so I thought I'd bring it here and see what you guys think.
> >
> > I'm running the following code.   The two numbers, VAR1 and VAR2 should
> > have the same results, shouldn't they?
> >
> >      d VAR2            S             30p 0
> >      d VAR1            s             30p 0
> >
> >      c                   eval      VAR2 = (16**15)
> >      c     VAR2          dsply
> >
> >      c                   eval      VAR1 = (16**14)
> >      c                   eval      VAR1 = VAR1 * 16
> >      c                   dsply                   VAR1
> >
> >      c                   eval      *inlr = *on
> >
> > The result of running this program looks like this:
> >
> > DSPLY             1152921504606846980
> > DSPLY             1152921504606846976
> >
> > So, my question is, what's going on here?   And, why would there be a
> > difference of 4?!
> >
> > As far as I can tell, this only happens on V5R2.  Can anyone confirm
that
> > it doesn't happen on older releases?
> >
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