Paul Hutchinson wrote:
> Is the variable beta defined as an integer? If yes then:

Yes.

> In most, if not all, Basic dialects the variable beta will be used to
> hold the intermediate results during calculation. (256 * (3 + beta) +
> 2) fits into an integer but the next * 256 overflows an integer sized
> variable.

That happens.

> I believe the Val(256) function call is returning a variant that is
> used for the remaining intermediate calculations avoiding the
> overflow condition. While this works I don't think VB guarantees this
> method to work so, I recommend you define beta as a long instead of
> an integer. Alternatively you can copy beta to a long and use the
> long in the calculation.

I have forced the value "256" to a long and works. Thank you, Paul.

Dennis Crawley
Argentina

;)
PS: I'm aware there are more sites, but I like this. BTW I'm making a
program which returns a precise delay loop code, based on Andy Warren basic
algorithm. It will be shared freely here.



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