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AS_97819678-Gravel
8-Gravel
July 18, 2022
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Loop program

  • July 18, 2022
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The problem is the R loop solve 2 instead of 1 and the Vx loop solve 2 instead of 3. What’s the problem?

 

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ppal_25568718-Opal
18-Opal
July 18, 2022

 

Don't know why the units cause problems.

 

See if this helps https://community.ptc.com/t5/Mathcad/Using-Units-in-a-for-loop/m-p/84351

 

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Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
July 19, 2022

When you learn programming than one of the first things you learn is that you should never compare float values for equality but rather ask if the absolut value of their difference is smaller than a certain small value like 10^-10.

The use of the units results in very small floating point rounding/conversion errors and so (l-b) is not exactly equal to x.

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You may do it that way:

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Or define a function

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BTW, your programs don't contain any loops (no "if" and no "while").

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    AS_97819678-GravelAuthor
    8-Gravel
    July 20, 2022

    I didnt quite get why Matcad solve 2 if x = (l-b) = 60?  Why should we have to add e = 10^10?

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    AS_97819678-GravelAuthor
    8-Gravel
    July 20, 2022

    Can you please share the worksheet?

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