Calculation error within a for next loop

Hi,

I have some weird going on. When the voltage_check value come to 220 the output shows 1% instead of the calculated 67%
I have both voltage_check , voltage_percent as var word
anybody knows why ? running on a 18F4550

Code:

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for i=215 to  230
voltage_check =i
                voltage_percent = (((voltage_check -179) * 1623 )    / 10 )
                       
lcdout $FE,1, "Output","  ", dec (voltage_percent / 100) ,".", dec2 (voltage_percent // 100 )
lcdout $FE,$C0, "Ana4: ", dec voltage_check
pause 500
       
next i

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Typical problem of word size and technique.

Take i = 220
Now, plug into the formula
220-179 = 41
41 * 1623 = 66543
which ends up in the variable as 66543-65535(0FFFFH) = 1008

Now, you do the rest of the math and end up with the 1%

You need to re-factor the way you calculate the problem.

aaarg yep correct thank you

K