Divison Rather than Multiplication

ID Number: Q28226

5.00 5.10 5.10a | 5.10 5.10a

MS-DOS | OS/2

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Summary:

SYMPTOMS

On Page 315 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0 Programmer's

Guide" and on page 315 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1

Programmer's Guide" the last sentence of the first paragraph

incorrectly states "After the multiplication the result..."

The sentence should read "After the division the result..."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0,

5.1, and 5.1a. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.