Re: If value is odd or not

IG wrote:

Jochem Maas wrote:

Jonas Rosling wrote:

Hi all, is there any easy why to check if a value is odd or not?

ignore every answer that doesn't use the % operator.

Thanks // Jonas

ie my answer! I think the % operator is the best way, but there was nothing wrong with the answer I gave in that it would let you know whether the value is odd or not. But, I guess being not as clever as the other guys means I better go... sob sob....

But there was something wrong with it. You're using string operations on a number to find out if it is odd. That means that it is many TIMES slower, and if he needs to do this in a loop, using string functions is going to be horribly slow compared to a simple modulus. Just because code "works" doesn't mean that it is acceptable. Spending a thousand times more computational time to solve a problem than is needed is a recipe for disaster. Regards, Adam Zey.