Microsoft KB Archive/165097

= WD97: WordBasic.ToolsCalculate Returns Incorrect Result =

Article ID: 165097

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165097





SYMPTOMS
When you use the WordBasic.ToolsCalculate command in a Visual Basic for Applications macro, the result returned may be incorrect.



CAUSE
The following WordBasic.ToolsCalculate command will return a value of 342999999999.999 to the variable, Result$. Result$ = WordBasic.ToolsCalculate("7000 ^ 3") The correct result is 343000000000.



RESOLUTION
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When you use Visual Basic for Applications, you do not need to use the ToolsCalculate command to perform exponential calculations. The following function performs the same calculation but returns the correct result of 343000000000 to the integer variable, iResult. Sub Result Dim iResult As Double iResult = 7000 ^ 3 End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

