indeterminate 0/0
 

Is there a way to force VBA to do a division by zero without giving the
"divide by zero" error. I need a way to overrride this error but need
0/0 to equal 1


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indeterminate 0/0
 

You can check the numerator and denominator to see if either/both are equal to
0.

indeterminate 0/0
 

Perhaps

Function DivideBy(denom, div)

If denom = 0 And div = 0 Then
DivideBy = 1
Else
DivideBy = denom / div
End If

End Function

MsgBox DivideBy(0,0)

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indeterminate 0/0
 

Just in case you really do want Visual Basic:

Function mydivider(a, b)
If b < 0 Then
temp = a / b
ElseIf a = 0 Then
temp = 1
End If
mydivider = temp
End Function


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indeterminate 0/0
 

"divide by zero" error. I need a way to override this error but need
0/0 to equal 1

Hi. Just for discussion, 0/0 is an "Overflow" error.

Sub Demo()
Dim Ans
On Error Resume Next

'// 6 Overflow
Ans = 0 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// 11 Division by zero
Ans = 2 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// Maybe...
If Err.Number = 6 Then Ans = 1
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

(But you are correct, certain math programs treat 0/0 as Indeterminate vs
Excel's Overflow)
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indeterminate 0/0
 

And that indeterminate makes sense, too.

numerator/demoninator = Quotient

which means that
numerator = Quotient * denominator

If the denominator is 0 and the numerator is non-zero, there are no non-zero
numerators that could make:
numerator = quotient * 0
correct.

If both the denominator and numerator = 0, then there are way too many correct
answers that make this:

0 = quotient * 0
(0 * any number = 0, so all numbers are correct)





Dana DeLouis wrote:

"divide by zero" error. I need a way to override this error but need
0/0 to equal 1

Hi. Just for discussion, 0/0 is an "Overflow" error.

Sub Demo()
Dim Ans
On Error Resume Next

'// 6 Overflow
Ans = 0 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// 11 Division by zero
Ans = 2 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// Maybe...
If Err.Number = 6 Then Ans = 1
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

(But you are correct, certain math programs treat 0/0 as Indeterminate vs
Excel's Overflow)
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indeterminate 0/0
 

Hi. Other arguments for "indeterminate" are with limits. If you take the
limit of x/x as x approaches 0, then the answer is 1.(2x/x is 2..etc)
The correct answer to what you want with 0/0 depends on what you are doing.
Hence...indeterminate. Interesting.
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And that indeterminate makes sense, too.

numerator/demoninator = Quotient

which means that
numerator = Quotient * denominator

If the denominator is 0 and the numerator is non-zero, there are no
non-zero
numerators that could make:
numerator = quotient * 0
correct.

If both the denominator and numerator = 0, then there are way too many
correct
answers that make this:

0 = quotient * 0
(0 * any number = 0, so all numbers are correct)





Dana DeLouis wrote:

"divide by zero" error. I need a way to override this error but need
0/0 to equal 1

Hi. Just for discussion, 0/0 is an "Overflow" error.

Sub Demo()
Dim Ans
On Error Resume Next

'// 6 Overflow
Ans = 0 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// 11 Division by zero
Ans = 2 / 0
Debug.Print Err.Number; Err.Description

'// Maybe...
If Err.Number = 6 Then Ans = 1
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

(But you are correct, certain math programs treat 0/0 as Indeterminate vs
Excel's Overflow)
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Dana DeLouis
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