How do I calulate X = 1.0e+308

[gregscott]

How do I calculate X = 1.0e+308 in Progress?

 

[toby.Harman]

Check out the Progress Limitations.

The best you can achieve is a 50 digit Decimal with decimals 0 (giving you a large number!)

Also check out the EXP function.

 

[Crittar]

How do I calculate X = 1.0e+308 in Progress?

I have to ask just out of curiosity:

What kind of application are you running that needs you to do that?

 

[gregscott]

I have to ask just out of curiosity:

What kind of application are you running that needs you to do that?

The application is ChartFX.

 

[Crittar]

Greg,

I must confess that's not an application I ever heard of. I guess from it's name that it's designed to plot charts in some way. I still find it a little surprising that it needs such large numbers.