I am trying to compare two numbers going into an if/then object, then subdivide the greater one of the two by the other.

if $i1>=$i2 then $i1/$i2 else out2 $i2/$i1

but the subdivisions seem not to be working.

evaluating-an-expression-within-ifthen

Try outputting the values as a list and doing the division outside of the [if] object.

[if] does not evaluate the then and else clauses. That is simply the way the object works.

Hope's solution is one way of getting what you want. There are many other ways to do it.

maybe this uses more objects than are necessary, but it's the first thing that came to mind...

larger number always divided by smaller number.

maybe this uses more objects than are necessary, but it's the first thing that came to mind...
larger number always divided by smaller number.

> maybe this uses more objects than are necessary, but it's the first thing that came to mind...

> larger number always divided by smaller number.

You might have overlooked the minimum amd maximum objects, if you pack 

your two numbers and send them to a minimum/maximum -> divide, you need 

Jay Bodley schrieb:
> maybe this uses more objects than are necessary, but it's the first thing that came to mind...
> larger number always divided by smaller number.

You might have overlooked the minimum amd maximum objects, if you pack 
your two numbers and send them to a minimum/maximum -> divide, you need 
only 4 objects...

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Do you need the separate outputs from the if/then? I don't know what you're sending in, but you can get it done like this with a single output:

expr ($i1/$i2)*($i1>=$i2) + ($i2/$i1)*($i1

That unrolls the logic into confusing math, but gets it done in one object. As does this:

That might not be what you're going for, but it's something to think about. You could even add protection from division by zero all in a single expr object.

Here's an expr with protection from division by zero:

expr max($i1, $i2)/(min($i1, $i2) + (min($i1, $i2)==0))

It forces the denominator to one whenever it is zero.

Not to get too far off topic, I've just been on a big expr kick.

It forces the denominator to one whenever it is zero. 

Not to get too far off topic, I've just been on a big expr kick.


nice one. had no idea expr could be used like that. surely useful for more economic patching!

evaluating an expression within if/then?