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bug #64655: [Octave Forge] (Symbolic) A problem with evaluating symbolic expression

Submitter:  Ahmed Salah Hammad Ahmed <asalahhammad>
Submitted:  Mon 11 Sep 2023 03:20:05 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Forge Package Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
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Release:  * other Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
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Mon 11 Sep 2023 05:29:37 PM UTC, comment #2: 

"exp" is a build-in octave function. A variable with the same name would "shadow" this function which can lead to some problems down the line.  Don't do that. Try to come up with a unique name like
"asha_exp" or "exp01".

Dmitri.
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Dmitri A. Sergatskov <dasergatskov>
Mon 11 Sep 2023 05:21:43 PM UTC, comment #1: 

try  this

syms x y z
digits(100)

a1=vpa('1.435647686e28')
exp = a1 * (vpa('1e-19')*x + vpa('1e-22')*y + z*vpa('1e-15'))

Doug Stewart <dastew>
Mon 11 Sep 2023 03:20:05 PM UTC, original submission:  

Whenever there's an expression that looks exactly like this and with such large numbers as coefficients:


syms x y z
exp = 1.435647686e28 * (1e-19*x + 1e-22*y + z*1e-15)
        [Output]:
                  9223372036854775807⋅z
          x + y + ─────────────────────
                     1000000000000000
vpa(ans)
        [Output]:
        ans = (sym) x + y + 9223.37203686⋅z


which is obviously wrong.. and the problem persists whenever an expression is evaluated, for example:

f = @(x,y,z) 1.435647686e28 * (1e-19*x + 1e-22*y + z*1e-15)
        [Output]:
        f =
        @(x, y, z) 1.435647686e28 * (1e-19 * x + 1e-22 * y + z * 1e-15)
syms x y z
f(x,y,z)
        [Output]:
                  9223372036854775807⋅z
          x + y + ─────────────────────
                     1000000000000000



And even when sending the whole expression to the built in function 'eval' and started debugging a little, the expression keeps ok until it is evaluated at the function fh, as appearing in the screenshot attached

And.., the same code works on matlab well..

I tried the same thing using octave v:7.1.1 and v:9.0.0 on a PC with Linux Ubuntu 20.04

Ahmed Salah Hammad Ahmed <asalahhammad>

 

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