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. Play divz.csd

Example 243. 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
-n   ; no sound
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o divz.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

sr = 44100
ksmps = 32
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1

instr 1
  
ka init 200                                         ; Define the numbers to be divided.
kb line 0, p3, 200                                  ; Linearly change the value of kb from 200 to 0.
ksubst init -1                                      ; If a "divide by zero" error occurs, substitute -1.
kresults divz ka, kb, ksubst                        ; Safely divide the numbers.
printks "%f / %f = %f\\n", 0.1, ka, kb, kresults    ; Print out the results.

endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i 1 0 .3
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>


Its output should include lines like:

200.000000 / 0.000000 = -1.000000
200.000000 / 66.757370 = 2.995924
200.000000 / 133.514739 = 1.497962

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