overflow problem

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  14 years ago

  by harish139

  a

  , Grenada

  Joined 14 years ago

   i have the code like this

  dim a as long

  a=36693

  print a

   

  in the above case i am not getting any error

  but for the below code i am getting overflow error eventhough the value of a is same that is 36693

  dim a as long

  a=9*4077

  print a

   

  please clear my doubt

   

   

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  14 years ago

  by khari6579

  Hari K

  Chennai, India

  Joined 15 years ago
  Hi Harish
  
  The problem, in fact, is that when multiplying to Integer values VB assumes that the result is also an Integer. If you aren't sure that this is correct, just force either operand to be a Long, as in
  
  
  Dim a As Long
  a = 4077 * 9&
  Print a
  
  
  
  Or
  
  Dim a As Long
  a = 4077 * CLng(9)
  Print a
  
  I hope this will solve ur problem
  
  Good Luck
  
  Regards
  Hari K
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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