From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: integer assignment error
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:24:10 +0100
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Hello.

Rafael Frongillo wrote:
> I have this integer that is assigned 0 when declared,
> and I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY certain that I am not
> assigning it a value over 5 or less than -1. However,
> when running the program, somehow the value reaches
> 734532 or something like that. I also noticed many
> other variables doing the same thing, and frankly,
> it's kind of freaking me out... Please tell me what
> could be happening!

You could be writing a value more than 5 or less than -1. Maybe not
directly, but perhaps through an increment or decrement, if you have a
loop and the loop condition is incorrect.

If you post a sample of the code that doesn't work, maybe someone can
help.

Bye,

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