Visual Basic 6 Course HELP!!

Nicola1664

07-10-2002, 05:49 AM

I am stuck on a question could anybody please help with, the question is:
Give an example of an error you think a compiler might report

Garrett Sever

07-10-2002, 06:13 AM

Bad syntax.

Squirm

07-10-2002, 06:22 AM

You need to learn the difference between compile-time and run-time errors.

Run-time errors are errors which happen at run time (no really). That is, they may be caused by the contents of a variable, which the compiler cannot possibly predict. Such an error might be 'Overflow', 'Out of memory', or 'Division by zero'

Compile-time errors are more obvious errors in the code where something blatantly illegal is happening. Such an error might be 'Type mismatch', 'Syntax error' or 'Sub or function not defined'

NorthWind

07-10-2002, 07:43 AM

division by zero error...

Squirm

07-10-2002, 08:21 AM

A compiler would not report a division by zero error since that is a runtime error.

davie

07-10-2002, 08:24 AM

undeclared variable

Big Boabby

07-10-2002, 08:27 AM

expected Expression

NorthWind

07-10-2002, 01:13 PM

it does
while i was making a calculator with vb, it gave the error divisin by zero.
so i wrote an error handle for it.

Originally posted by Squirm
A compiler would not report a division by zero error since that is a runtime error.

BillSoo

07-10-2002, 01:37 PM

I think what Squirm means is that division by zero errors occur when the program is running, not when it is being compiled.