Re: Division by Zero (Error Handling)
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- Subject: [mg66975] Re: Division by Zero (Error Handling)
- From: "Jeremy Watts" <jwatts1970 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:26:58 -0400 (EDT)
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"Bruce Colletti" <vze269bv at verizon.net> wrote in message news:e60nu2$g4p$1 at smc.vnet.net... > When dividing (elementwise) two matrices of similar dimension (e.g., A/B), zero-elements in B cause a "division by zero" error message. In such a case, regardless of numerator, I want the pair's ratio to be zero. > > Without building a module that defines modified matrix division, how can I establish that whenever (throughout the notebook) division by zero occurs (regardless of numerator), that the result can be zero? assumedly with a simple 'if...then..else' statement, or am i missing something? > > Thanks. > > Bruce >