The easy answer:  use a floating point operation in C!  (this is cheating I
know)
float result;
int16 num1 = 1041;
int8 num2 = 50;

result = (float)num1 / num2;

-- Lawrence, whose life is too busy not to cheat and use the easy answer
once in a while

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Varney" <gordonv@IAMNEE.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: [PIC]:How do I? Math in a pic


> In a PIC, I need to do the following.
>
> 1041 / 50 = 20.82
>
> What is the proper method of dividing 1041 by 50, then take the answer
(20.82) and separating the number into to file
> registers. F_cy = 20 and F_in = 82
>
> Math in a PIC has always confused me. Please Help.
>
> Gordon Varney
> www.iamnee.com
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