Re: Can't figure out this divide-by-zero error. Help?

[Bob Fulks <bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:53 PM -0400 10/18/99, Owen Davies wrote:

>I've been playing with an oscillator for a while.  Nothing terribly
>useful so far, but interesting enough to keep on with for a few
>more iterations.  However, I've just tried to write a system that
>uses MRO(Oscillator, 50, 1), and it gives me the dreaded
>divide-by-zero.  I've confirmed that the error message originates
>with the MRO.  I can't figure out why, much less how to write an
>anti-DBZ clause to correct the problem.  Does anyone have
>any ideas how to cure this?  Where does MRO introduce a
>division that could mess up, even when the underlying oscillator
>is bullet-proof?

I see no division in the MRO function so it probably is in your oscillator.

Don't forget that the first input to the MRO function should be a 
TRUE/FALSE expression so it should be something like:

   MRO(Oscillator = 0, 50, 1)

if Oscillator returns a numeric value.

Bob Fulks