Microsoft KB Archive/105939

BUG: Debugger displays Floating Point Notation for REALs

PSS ID Number: Q105939 Article last modified on 11-01-1993

1.00 MS-DOS

= SYMPTOMS =

The debugger will display real values only in floating point notation in locals and watch windows. Other modes of display such as scientific and exponential notations are not available.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation version 1.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Many numbers are poorly represented in floating point notation. For instance, a very small real value may be displayed as 0.

Sample Code
C Compile options needed: /Zi real4 x,y x = 1.2345E38 y = 1.1234E-38 print, x,y end In the debugger, step through the program until the print statement. Local and watch window on x and y will display: X = 123450001585154100000000000000000000000.000000 Y = 0.000000

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