Thanks guys. Knew it had to be something simple ;).
- Bill
>All numbers are divisible by any other number as long as that other number
>isn't zero.
>
>I suspect, though, you mean "evenly divisible", such that there's no
>remainder.
>
>In that case, this is how you do it:
>
>What you want to do is to see if the result matches the result when
>converted to an integer. Example:
>
>if (a / b) = integer(a / b) then
> -- Put evenly divisible!
>end if
>
>If a=8.0 and b=3, then the result would be 2.6667, and 2.6667 would not
>equal integer(2.6667), which is 2, so it would fail.
>
>
>Some might suggest checking the modulus of the number. The mod of evenly
>divisible integers is 0. This works, EXCEPT you must know for a fact that
>you are comparing integers. If they are float values (like 8.2) then it
>won't work.
>
>If they are straight integers, then you can do this:
>
>if (a mod b) = 0 then
> -- Put evenly divisible!
>end if
>
>- Tab
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