Re: Calculation gives wrong result -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Calculation gives wrong result
From: Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:37:54 -0600
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In COBOL, the precedence of math operators is PEDMAS:
*() ** / * + -*

In RPG, multiplication and division have equal precedence, so the first
encountered is the first executed

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 2:57 PM Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Both of these should give 4:
7 * (4 / 7)
7 * 4 / 7

RPG gives 3 and 4 as the result. I assume it has something to do with
intermediate result variables, but I can't see how. Can someone explain?

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Follow-Ups:

Re: Calculation gives wrong result , Charles Wilt
Re: Calculation gives wrong result , Jack Woehr
Re: Calculation gives wrong result , Jon Paris

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