From: Ellen K. 

Interesting.   Good to know, I will watch out for this.

Thanks.    :)

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:45:00 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote in message
:

>Ellen K.  wrote in message
>news::
>> I didn't realize integer division was also affected in the way you
>> describe.   What about Mod?
>
>It's not the division so much as the fact the operator (\ in my example)
>wants integer arguments. VB converts the floating point 1.5 to an integer
>before doing the integer divide. The conversion is the same as calling
>CInt. Therefore, 1.5 becomes 2, and 1.5 \ 1 becomes 2.
>
>Like many things in VB, it's sort of understandable, but a shock when you
>first meet it.
>
>Mod also wants integer arguments, so anything else you give it will be
>converted via CInt.
>
>John

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