Re: floating point

[Mark Ellison <ellison@world.std.com>]

Hi Jon,

There is a good example in USM pp. 292-293 with three objects for
satisfying the equation: M * B ^ E

On p. 293 there is also an example of a display string object for the
same purpose.

A management application will need to manipulate either the triple or
the display string in order to graph and calculate.  The advantage of
the display string might be its ability to provide meaningful
information in a single object within a mib browser without the support
of a management application.

Regards,

Mark Ellison
Ellison Software Consulting, Inc.
http://www.scguild.com/Resumes/1321R.html

Jon Saperia wrote:
> 
> I have to define some objects as floating point and can not wait for the
> sming work to be completed. Is there a convention that people have used
> such as two objects with one indicating the number of decimal places?
> 
> Thanks,
> /jon
> 
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