NC.FPMATH Statement  
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Description  
 
This routine will perform "floating point" arithmetic on Variable1 and Variable2 depending upon the value passed in OpType.  

Syntax  

NC.FPMATH (OpType, Variable1, Variable2, Return)  
 
OpType values can be:  

OpType
Description
XADD
Perform Variable 1 plus Variable 2 using "floating point" math.
XSUB
Perform Variable 1 minus Variable 2 using "floating point" math.
XMUL
Perform Variable 1 multiplied by Variable 2 using "floating point" math.
XDIV
Perform Variable 1 divided by Variable 2 using "floating point" math.
XCMP
Perform a compare of Variable 1 against Variable 2.
 

XCMP returns the following:  
 
·Variable1 < Variable 2 returns -1  
·Variable1 = Variable 2 returns 0  
·Variable 2 > Variable 1 returns 1  
 
The result is returned in the variable Return.