Re: Re: #41401 [Opn->Bgs]: Order of Operations error on divide by negative
| From: | Richard Quadling | Date: | Wed, 16 May 2007 14:08:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: #41401 [Opn->Bgs]: Order of Operations error on divide by negative | ||
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On 16/05/07, Uwe Schindler <thetaphi@php.net> wrote:
Should all these three examples give the same result? $ php -r 'var_dump(-1/2*5, 1/-2*5, 1/2*-5);' float(-2.5) float(-0.1) float(-2.5) They should all give -2.5! But I think "normal programmers" will use braces in such situations... -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.phpIf you use variables, then this works fine ... php -r "$a = 1; $b = -2; $c = 5; var_dump($a/$b*$c);" float(-2.5) -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"