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Re: Computed values don't tie up

From	Robert <rkfb1965@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Computed values don't tie up
Followup-To	comp.lang.c
Date	2012-04-03 21:38 +0000
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BartC wrote:

> "rkfb" <rkfb@rebelCode.slacknet> wrote in message
> news:alpine.LNX.2.00.1204031912440.4639@rebelCode.slacknet...
>> I'm reading 'C Programming: A Modern Approach' by KN King.
>>
>> If I run celcius.c (as below) and enter a value of 32 (or 32.0) I am
>> given the equivalent celcius temperature as -2.2. Surely it should be
>> zero?
> 
>>  celcius = (fahrenheit - FREEZING_PT) * SCALE_FACTOR;
>>
>>  printf("Celcius equivalent: ".1f", celcius);
> 
> Display the fahrenheit value as well. To check if it is really 32.0. And
> perhaps FREEZING_PT and SCALE_FACTOR (should be 0.555..) while you're
> about it.
> 

I'll try BartC but I'm on page 25 and this is only the third program I've 
worked through.

-- 
Robert

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Computed values don't tie up rkfb <rkfb@rebelCode.slacknet> - 2012-04-03 19:29 +0000
  Re: Computed values don't tie up James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-03 14:57 -0400
    Re: Computed values don't tie up Robert <rkfb1965@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-03 21:37 +0000
      Re: Computed values don't tie up Robert <rkfb1965@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-03 21:39 +0000
      Re: Computed values don't tie up Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2012-04-03 20:52 +0000
        Re: Computed values don't tie up James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-03 16:56 -0400
          Re: Computed values don't tie up "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-03 22:11 +0100
      Re: Computed values don't tie up "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-03 21:53 +0100
        Re: Computed values don't tie up Robert <rkfb1965@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-03 22:56 +0000
      Re: Computed values don't tie up Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-03 20:05 -0700
      Re: Computed values don't tie up Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@earthlink.net> - 2012-04-04 00:38 -0400
  Re: Computed values don't tie up "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-04-03 21:04 +0100
    Re: Computed values don't tie up Robert <rkfb1965@googlemail.com> - 2012-04-03 21:38 +0000
  Re: Computed values don't tie up Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-04-03 23:09 +0000
    Re: Computed values don't tie up Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-04-04 04:42 +0100

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