From: Fabrice ILPONSE <fabrice AT asim DOT lip6 DOT fr>
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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:47:45 +0200
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Daniel Delorme wrote:
> 
> I have this problem with SIGFPE...
> 
> double DistanceBetweenPoints(strPOINT *Pt1, strPOINT *Pt2)
> {
>   double Dist;
> 
>   Dist = pow(fixtof(Pt1->X - Pt2->X), 2)+
>          pow(fixtof(Pt1->X - Pt2->X), 2)+
>          pow(fixtof(Pt1->X - Pt2->X), 2);
>   Dist = sqrt(Dist);
>   printf("Dist = %f\n", Dist);  <----- program crashes here with SIGFPE
> }
> 
> traceback:
> _doprnt+3548
> _doprnt+1574
> printf+20
> DistanceBetweenPoints
> 
> and I #included math.h
> 
> Why would SIGFPE appear in a mere printf ?
> What causes SIGFPE anyway ?
> If I remove the printf, I get SIGFPE at "if (Dist1[I] <= Dist2[J])"
>   (Dist1[6] and Dist2[6] are float)


	try to use %g or %G instead of %f.

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