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Beginner Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

I want to display some info in my status window..
for some reason these lines calculate to 0

#MATH hp_percent {(@cur_hp/@max_hp)*100}
#MATH ave_exp {@experienc/@kills}

any idea what i'm doing wrong here?

Beginner Joined: 18 Oct 2000 Posts: 18

#MATH hp_percent {(@cur_hp/@max_hp)*100}
#MATH ave_exp {@experienc/@kills}

I suspect in your first line the () is getting evaluated to 0.xx and truncated down to 0. Try this instead:

#MATH hp_percent {(@cur_hp*100)/@max_hp}

For the second, check that you have some value in @experience (with an e). Try:

#ECHO Current value of experience is: @experience
#ECHO Current value of kills is: @kills
#ECHO Average experience per kill: @ave_exp

Paste us the results.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

mathematical operators in ZMud use integer math, which means only the numbers to the left of the decimal point are shown. Given that percentages are always a decimal number between 0 and 1, that means the integer portion of said number will always equal 0.

It's been a little while since I used percentages, so lemme see if I can remember this:

(A * 100) / B?

A = 5, B = 10

(5 * 100) / 10 = 500 / 10 = 50. Yep, that's it. Very Happy

EDIT: Oh, there's also a function to force zmud to use floating-point math, too. %float() around just one number will keep the decimal for you (it doesn't really apply to your problem, just thought I'd toss it out since we were on the subject.)

Beginner Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

#MATH hp_percent {((cur_hp*100)/max_hp)/10)}
#MATH ave_exp {@experience/@kills}

those two work, thanks for helping me with the %'s and as for the second one, I'm lame and had the wrong spelling and didn't realize until i read the posts..
Thanks again!