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#26 2009-08-13 22:59:01
- phrontister
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Its ctrl + pause/break : this key is above the arrow keys (at the top).
Ah - found it! I'd never used that key before and must have skimmed over it when looking for it. 
It stops program execution, as you said.
Thanks!
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#27 2009-08-14 13:29:46
- bobbym
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Hi phrontister;
I tried that, but I got the same incorrect responses as before. Maybe I didn't code it correctly. I'll try again...
for n=10 to 0 step -1/5
print n
next nNotice how instead of getting 0 he gets 0.20539126e-14, but at least the for next loop terminates.
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#28 2009-08-14 13:37:00
- phrontister
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Hi Bobby,
Notice how instead of getting 0 he gets 0.20539126e-14, but at least the for next loop terminates.
Yes - I'll have to remember that for situations where that is important (or maybe I should make it a habit anyway).
Some day this quirk won't exist and we won't have to dream up workarounds...and we'll laugh at the clunky ways of the old days.
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#29 2009-08-14 13:49:16
- bobbym
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Hi phrontister;
This problem will always exist with floating point arithmetic, you can delay it with more digits of precision, but when used incorrectly it will bite you.
Exact integer and rational arithmetic do not have this problem but it is not always possible to use them.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#30 2015-03-18 20:15:56
Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Why not try contraint programming here?
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#31 2015-03-19 06:33:53
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Can you set it up?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#32 2015-03-19 12:38:13
Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
But not in M
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#33 2015-03-19 13:03:28
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
What then?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#34 2015-03-19 18:45:00
Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
Minizinc?
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#35 2015-03-19 18:46:37
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
What exactly do you mean by constraint programming?
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#36 2015-03-20 01:31:25
Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
It is a paradigm where programming is donw by mentioning properties of the soltuion rather than explaining how to compute the solution.
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#37 2015-03-20 02:06:45
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Sum of fractions which equals 1
It's something like logic programming except more specialized. And it seems it's often mixed with another paradigm (functional, imperative,...). The two languages mentioned on W are Oz, which is functional, and Kaleidoscope, which is imperative.
Oz seems really interresting.
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