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Subject: Re: newbie math.h problem
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 97 07:53:36 GMT
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In article <339A8355 DOT 4CF6 AT glasgow DOT prestel DOT co DOT uk>,
   Michael Johnson <mj AT glasgow DOT prestel DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>Hello and please take pity on a C newbie,
>
>I've called the math.h lib and I get a SIGFPE error with what I think is
>a stack dump?  Any it will compile but not run.
>
>Here's what I've got:
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include <math.h>
>
>main()
>{
>  double b;
>
>  printf("the square root of %d is %d\n",b,sqrt(b));
>}
>
have you assigned a value to b anywhere ? if not, try
..
double b = 4.e0
..
hope that works
greetings
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