Re: Re: #41401 [Opn->Bgs]: Order of Operations error on divide by negative

From: Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 14:18:59 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: #41401 [Opn->Bgs]: Order of Operations error on divide by negative
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Brian Moon wrote:
According to my memory of Please My Dear Aunt Sally these should be: -1/2*5 = -.1 1/-2*5 = -.1 1/2*-5 = -.1 So, that is bad if PHP answers that way. Someone please correct me if my memory is wrong. Is there some rule that negative values should be done first before positive values?
My memory was corrected off list. Thanks. Stupid teachers and their mnemonics. But, still, PHP is wrong on 1/-2*5 no? -- Brian Moon Senior Developer ------------------------------ http://dealnews.com/ It's good to be cheap =)

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