Pow function returns always 0

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1

Hi,

I have the following code:
(I want to convert dB’s into watt)

double CalculateWatt(float db)
{
double res = 0;
res = pow(10,db);
return res;
}

this function always return 0 !

this doesn’t seem normal to me.

I already included math.h

what else can I do?

2

changed it into:
double CalculateWatt(float db)
{
double res = 0;
res = pow(10,(db/10))/1000;
return res;
}

now it is working…
had propably an overflow…

3

What values were you passing as db?

With this code I can’t reproduce your issue trying 0.1, 1.2, 12.3 and even 123.456.
1234.56 returns inf but not 0.

#include <math.h>

double CalculateWatt(float db)
{
  double res = 0.0;
  res = pow(10, db);
  return res;
}

void setup() {
    Particle.function("set", set);
}

int set(const char* cmd) {
    double x = atof(cmd);
    
    Serial.printlnf("%f", CalculateWatt(x));

    return x;
}
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