divz

divz — Safely divides two numbers.

Syntax

ares divz xa, xb, ksubst
ires divz ia, ib, isubst
kres divz ka, kb, ksubst
...divz(ka, kb, ksubst)... (no rate restriction)

Description

Safely divides two numbers.

Initialization

Whenever b is not zero, set the result to the value a / b; when b is zero, set it to the value of subst instead.

Examples

Here is an example of the divz opcode. It uses the file divz.csd.

Example 201. Example of the divz opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in
-odac           -iadc    ;;;RT audio I/O
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o divz.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

; Initialize the global variables.
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

; Instrument #1.
instr 1
  ; Define the numbers to be divided.
  ka init 200
  ; Linearly change the value of kb from 200 to 0.
  kb line 0, p3, 200
  ; If a "divide by zero" error occurs, substitute -1.
  ksubst init -1
  
  ; Safely divide the numbers.
  kresults divz ka, kb, ksubst

  ; Print out the results.
  printks "%f / %f = %f\\n", 0.1, ka, kb, kresults
endin


</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

; Play Instrument #1 for one second.
i 1 0 1
e


</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


Its output should include lines like:

200.000000 / 0.000000 = -1.000000
200.000000 / 19.999887 = 10.000056
200.000000 / 40.000027 = 4.999997

See Also

=, init, tival

Credits

Author: John ffitch after an idea by Barry L. Vercoe

Example written by Kevin Conder.

Functional form available in csound Version 6.00