Microsoft KB Archive/183991

= WD98: WordBasic.ToolsCalculate Returns Incorrect Result =

Article ID: 183991

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q183991





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
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. 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:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

