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07-10-2002, 05:49 AM
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Visual Basic 6 Course HELP!!
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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
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07-10-2002, 06:13 AM
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07-10-2002, 06:22 AM
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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'
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07-10-2002, 07:43 AM
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division by zero error...
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07-10-2002, 08:21 AM
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A compiler would not report a division by zero error since that is a runtime error.
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07-10-2002, 08:24 AM
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07-10-2002, 08:27 AM
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07-10-2002, 01:13 PM
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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.
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Originally posted by Squirm
A compiler would not report a division by zero error since that is a runtime error.
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07-10-2002, 01:37 PM
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I think what Squirm means is that division by zero errors occur when the program is running, not when it is being compiled.
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