With LabVIEW, I can do the impossible

[Enrique]

Somebody asked in the LabVIEW forum "how to create 2D array with 3 rows and unlimited column?"

One answer that came to my mind was:



What else can you "do"?


Message Edited by Enrique on 11-14-2007 07:40 AM

[PhillipBrooks]

Infinity is a funny thing...

Divide a double with a value of say 10 by a double with a value of zero and you'll get Inf. Compare that to the +Inf constant and they will return true.

Initialize the array as you did with the output of my example (10 / zero) instread of a constant and you'll get a memory full error.

[Ray.R]

Good to see you on the forum, Enrique 🙂

LOL! Interesting example.  There are physical limits supported by the OS (I64?) = 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

which is probably 1/2 way to infinity 😄 , so the problem is beyond... !!

"To Infinity & Beyond!"

You should have posted the example in the thread.. 🙂  Unlimited columns...  is that close to infinity?  😄

[Enrique]

Hi Joel! Yes, its been a while.

Infinity is indeed a funny thing. It can help solving a lot of questions. For example, this person asked "How do I get my application to go away when it stops running?"

What about this?



I don't think it help with the "running" part, but, man, it will "go away".


Message Edited by Enrique on 11-14-2007 02:33 PM

[Ray.R]

LOL!!!  You're on a roll today.  😄

[parthabe]

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Phillip Brooks wrote:
Initialize the array as you did with the output of my example (10 / zero) instread of a constant and you'll get a memory full error.

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Hi Philip,

I did as you suggested, but didnt get any memory error.

[RobCole]

I don't usually resurrect old threads, but someone at our office made a comment about eternally splitting infinitives and this was the result...



     Rob


Message Edited by Robert Cole on 06-17-2008 03:25 PM

[Ray.R]

Did you actually run it?  You got me curious..  LOL!  Infinite wait..  They must have that VI at Hospitals..

[RobCole]

The infinity + 1 turns into a maximum i32 when fed into the case. It never comes out as the 2 parts being equal. I would assume that the wait is also coerced to a maximum integer. I didn't let it run long enough to see if it ever stopped.

Of course I ran it. 😛

     Rob

[Ben]

In theory it would take about 32 days to get the results. Now if Windows would say up that long....

Ben