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In integer divisions the remainder is truncated at the end of the operation:
In integer divisions the remainder is truncated at the end of the operation:


''set a to 9/5'' will set a to 1
set a to 9/5     ; will set "a" to 1
 
set a to 10*9/5 ; will set "a" to 18
''set a to 10*9/5'' will set a to 18




To accomplish correct rounding in integer divisions you need to add 0.5:
To accomplish correct rounding in integer divisions you need to add 0.5:


''set a to 9/5+0.5'' will set a to 2
set a to 9/5+0.5 ; will set "a" to 2
 
set a to 7/5+0.5 ; will set "a" to 1
''set a to 7/5+0.5'' will set a to 1





Revision as of 11:44, 17 April 2006

Sets a local or global variable to a specified value. This value can be a number or an expression.


Arithmetic Operators:

Operator Description
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
 % Modulus (do integer division and return remainder)


In integer divisions the remainder is truncated at the end of the operation:

set a to 9/5     ; will set "a" to 1
set a to 10*9/5  ; will set "a" to 18


To accomplish correct rounding in integer divisions you need to add 0.5:

set a to 9/5+0.5 ; will set "a" to 2
set a to 7/5+0.5 ; will set "a" to 1


Examples:

set a to 2
set b to a*a
set c to (b - a)*b - a
set d to ((3* -b+a) - c)/ -2
message "a=%.0f, b=%.0f, c=%.0f, d=%.0f" a b c d     ; ("a=2, b=4, c=6, d=8")

set stage to getstage quest1 + 10

As you see, when you put a minus right in front of a variable the variable will be negated. To acomplish this, the parser needs you to put spaces around all minuses that are operators and not algebraic signs. If you use "b-a" in the above example, the script doesn't compile; it needs to be "b - a".