Article ID: 37646
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
This article was previously published under Q37646
SUMMARY
If you use an integer for a FOR...NEXT loop counter, and the top of the loop is 32767 (when STEP is positive) or the bottom of the loop is -32768 (when STEP is negative), an overflow error will be correctly generated by QB.EXE or by the EXE compiled with /d. Without the /d, the loop does not stop at the top/bottom; it wraps around and executes indefinitely.
The problem occurs because overflow checking is only done when /d compiler switch is specified.
MORE INFORMATION
The following is a code example:
This program never finishes the FOR NEXT loop when compiled without /d.
DEFINT A-Z
FOR X = 1 TO 32767
IF X MOD 100 = 0 THEN PRINT X
NEXT X
Additional query words: QuickBas
Keywords: KB37646
