Racer

As a learning exercise, I've been trying to convince LV to find the zeros for equations using the most basic bisection method. The method itself involves average an upper and lower number, averaging them, looking for a sign change (in the function) then replace the upper or lower guess based on the sign change. There is an explanation here: Bisection Method I've written the program in C++, and Matlab, but I'm having trouble doing it in LV. I was wondering if someone else has already done it (or something similar), and wouldn't mind letting me look at it. BTW: to complicate things even more, I'm trying to do this without a case structure or formula node. Is this possible? --CS

I didn't know if this was the right place to post this message, I'm sure someone will let me know if it isn't I've been using Labview for about a month now, and I think I'm getting along with it fairly well. I think I like the program more than the program likes me, but I think we'll work that out. I've just found this News Group, and I'm very happy. I've got a couple of questions though. Do any of the developers visit this NG? Seasoned veteran users are cool, but sometimes one needs to ask a developer. I'm an avid HP calculator user (RPN!), and I was wondering if anyone else here was. If so, is there anyone here that also frequents comp.sys.hp48? That's the only other NG I frequent (usually lurking ) and It would be nice to see some familiar people. --CS

I'm a new user as well, and I've managed to crash my system a couple of times by not stopping programs properly. It says in the manual that hitting the stop button on top (next to the run button) doesn't really stop the program. It seems like it doesn't stop any loops that are active. This is conjecture on my part though, I've only been using it for about a month. Some of the crashing might also be due to me running Windows 98. I know that when the computer would crash, it had to stop a lot of unnamed processes before it would shut down. I'm guessing those were unfinished loops. Even though the original poster found an inarticulate way of addressing this issue, it did make me wonder about something. I've been enclosing everything in While Loops, and placing a stop button within that loop. Is this the safest way to run things continuously? BTW to the original poster: I've learned that if I save my work often, crashes aren't nearly as stressful. I've also learned that if I post detailed questions, and read the manual thoroughly, I have an easier time getting help. Posting detailed questions (with detailed subject lines) also helps later users because it makes the NG easier to search. --CS