Data Types And Long Numbers

[MattJH]

I have the following calculation

BigNumber = 10000000000000
SmallNumber = 943
 
MsgBox BigNumber \ SmallNumber

When using any of the Data Types I always get Error 6 "Overflow" returned, is there any way around this?


Thanks in Advance,


Matt

[Muddy]

Long should work

[joan_fl]

Actually a long wouldnt work... You'll need to use a Single or Double (Single should be fine).

From Online Help...

A long integer between – 2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647.


A single-precision floating-point value with a range of – 3.402823E38 to – 1.401298E-45 for negative values, 1.401298E-45 to 3.402823E38 for positive values, and 0.

A double-precision floating-point value with a range of – 1.79769313486232E308 to – 4.94065645841247E-324 for negative values, 4.94065645841247E-324 to 1.79769313486232E308 for positive values, and 0

[Muddy]

well, I was wrong

Im stumped ... Decimal doesnt even work

[Muddy]

doh! I missed somehting ... use /

\ is int division

[Muddy]

Dim bignumber
Dim smallnumber
bignumber = CDec(10000000000000#)
smallnumber = CDec(943)
bignumber = CDec(bignumber)
smallnumber = CDec(smallnumber)
MsgBox bignumber / smallnumber

that works for sure!

[MattJH]

I really need to do this :

bignumber = CDec(10000000000000#)
smallnumber = CDec(943)
 
bignumber mod smallnumber

It is part of an algorithm and as I said all I get is Error 6 Overflow

Cheers

[MattJH]

Using the "Mod" Function and this number "1000000000#" works but when I use the slightly longer number of "100000000000000" it doesn't and that is when I get returned that nasty Overflow Message.

Cheers

[Heribertt]

remember this
the number can not by endless