Overflow problem

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 12-13-92 (21:37)             Number: 345
From: FRANCOIS ROY                 Refer#: NONE
  To: LUKE MERRILL                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: Overflow problem               Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

 >      CorrectAnswer# = Num1 * Num2

 The problem is NOT 'CorrectAnswer#' but the (DEFINT) Num1
and Num2: if their product exceeds 32767, you get an
overflow BEFORE the compiler even attempts to translate
that result to double precision.

 To make it work, just throw in a CDBL, like this:

 CorrectAnswer# = CDBL(Num1) * Num2

 The CDBL, by converting one of the arguments to double
precision, ensures that the WHOLE CALCULATION is performed
in double precision.

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