Km to MPH conversion - what am I doing wrong?

[c_moore]

Well I think there is a easier way to do what you want to do. doing a google search I have found that 1 kmh is equal to .6213 mph. what is km and km1?

[Christopher4187]

doing a google search I have found that 1 kmh is equal to .6213 mph.

Thank you for that revelation. What do you think the result of (1006/1619) is?

Well I think there is a easier way to do what you want to do.

You're probably right. However, if I knew what that easier way was, I wouldn't have posted the question in the first place. I guess you're going to leave that proverbial carrot right in front of my face. Or, do you really know what that easier way is?

My guess is with such large numbers that you would probably have to do such math with PBPL on a 18Fxxxx device.

I'm using an 18F4550.

[mackrackit]

Have you seen the PBP manual, section 3.1.2?

[Christopher4187]

Yes, that was one of the first things I tried. One question though. You say 3.1.2 and in my manual that's page 17 where they reference command line options. I went to page 45, which is section 5 and it shows the statement references. Is 3.1.2 relevant to this problem?

Anyhow, they show how to go from MPH to km (*/), but not the other way around. Maybe I'm just not plugging the numbers in correctly. I thought about using the DIG command but that seemed overly complex to get a simple conversion.

[mackrackit]

miles = km */ 159

Should work.

[c_moore]

Thank you for that revelation. What do you think the result of (1006/1619) is?

You don't have to be a smart ass. Why don't you just multiply you km value by 6213/1000? it seems easy to me. maybe I am missing something.

[Christopher4187]

You don't have to be a smart ass.

I made my comment because of yours:

doing a google search I have found that 1 kmh is equal to .6213 mph.

It's as if you said, "I spent 30 seconds on Google and found out that 1 kmh is equal to .6213. You couldn't have tried to research this problem at all."

In response to your current question, of

Why don't you just multiply you km value by 6213/1000? it seems easy to me. maybe I am missing something.

Yes, you are missing something. Did you read my first post?

I can do it the other way where it's 6.21.....Then if the speed is over 65 MPH, it rolls over due to a word sized variable.

Did you ever try to do 98 X 256 X 6.213 on an 18F4550?