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Tables Math - Cannot Divide By 0 - Will Get ?
DocumentID: 654921
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:34 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A customer is using the Tables Math feature and is getting two question marks (??) when she calculates a certain formula (G24/C24). Solutions: In order to correctly calculate a formula, the cells represented in the formula must contain a valid number. The customer had the number 0 in cell C24. According to math principles you cannot divide by zero; it makes the expression undefined. Thus 0 is not a valid number for cell C24.

This can also happen if you calculate a formula for which the numbers have not been entered in the table cells yet. For example if you input the formula A4*B4+C7/A4 before you enter any numbers in those cells, ?? will be returned because the formula cannot be logically calculated. It is dividing by a cell that doesn't have a number in it; therefore, you are asking WP to divide by zero.

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