[erlang-questions] Division by Zero

[Eric Newhuis]

LOL

I suggest three things.

1.  If you are wrestling with really a higher order problem of dealing with abstract things like infinity then I suggest that you define your own number type and provide your own math functions that are well behaved in such situations, return 'infinity' for example from a custom divide(X, Y) function or some such ilk,

2.  Use a guard to detect the 0 as early as possible in your code, preferably at the first point you can determine that a 0 would lead to disaster.  That way the div0 would be a function clause error and you could spot the problem earlier.

3.  Wrap code in a try-catch.  Icky.

On Nov 15, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Valentin Micic <valentin@REDACTED> wrote:

> Did you consider not dividing  by zero?
> 
> V/
> 
> On 15 Nov 2012, at 3:42 PM, Lucky Khoza wrote:
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>> Hi Erlang Developers,
>> 
>> How do i resolve division by zero errors in Erlang.
>> 
>> Kindest Regards
>> Lucky
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