I don't think it is an integer because when you create the array you can assign float coefficients to each term in the Polynomial.
El lunes, 19 de mayo de 2014 20:56:54 UTC+2, Tim Holy escribió: > > What's the element type of p? If it's an integer type, there's your > problem. > > --Tim > > On Monday, May 19, 2014 10:32:38 AM Albert Díaz wrote: > > I'm designing a function to, given a p Polynomial, divide the > coefficient > > of each of its terms by the one in the first term. > > > > function divide(p) > > > > > > red=p[1] > > > > > > for j=1:length(p) > > > > > > p[j]=p[j]/red > > > > > > > > > > > > end > > > > > > return p > > > > > > end > > > > > > It used to work, but now, if the result in p[j]/red is not a whole > number, > > it throws me an InexactError(). However, if p[j]/red is a whole number, > I > > have no problems in reassigning the coefficient of p[j]. > > > > > > Why does that happen and how can I solve it? >
