[LON-CAPA-users] Illegal division by zero

[Bob Gonzales]

So, I got another one today.  If you look at 'Script Vars' for partB, an
answer was actually calculated for the part.  Here's a cut and paste from
the 'Script Vars' windows while viewing the message:

$ansa=9.54889173779562e+16
$ansb=1.90977834755912e+17
$deg2rad=0.0174532925199433
$f1=6.0221e+23
$f2=2
$mw1=296.41
$n1=0.047
$pi=3.14159265358979
$rad2deg=57.2957795130823
$sub2=oxygen
$t1=2
$t2=3
$unit1=molecules
$uselessVariable=partB

$ansb is the answer for this part, $f1 is the variable in the denominator
that lon-capa is referring to in the message:

 Illegal division by zero at (eval 88895) line 6.

occurred while running

$t2=&random(1,3);
$sub2=&choose($t2,"carbon","hydrogen","oxygen");
$f2=&choose($t2,20.0,24.0,2.0);
$uselessVariable="partB";
$ansb=($ansa/$f1)* $f2 * 6.0221e23;


This error occurred while processing part t06p12b
The error occurred on host binghamtona7

So, I don't know how lon-capa calculated the answer and then complained
about an illegal divide by zero.

Any thoughts?

Bob Gonzales

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Bob Gonzales <rgonzal at binghamton.edu>
wrote:

> - The servers are all in the binghamton domain:
> loncapa3.chem.binghamton.edu, loncapa5,chem.binghamton.edu,
> loncapa7.chem.binghamton.edu.  The machines are not identical machines.
> I believe they are 7, 5, 2 years old respectively.  They all have 8 GB or
> better of memory.  They are all Xenons with multiple cores.  They are all
> running Centos 5.11 and Loncapa  2.10.1.
>
> - This is occurred for 3 students, 2 other students have gotten it
> correct.  Many others haven't tried it yet.
>
> - We've used this problem before and haven't gotten bombs before.  But, of
> course, there have been many Centos updates applied since we used it last
> summer.
>
> - Setting all the variables in partA would take care of it but I've always
> done it this way to cut down on the scrolling up and down when
> creating/editing problems.
>
> - Clicking 'Script Vars' while viewing the message does show the variable
> with a value.
>
> - I set a useless variable in the first part and changed it's value in the
> second part per Damien's suggestion,  we will see what happens.
>
> Thanks for all the feedback.  I will keep you posted.
>
> Bob
>
>
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