Bmi

[Angel_Light]

I'm script some super secret funny script that I'll post later but I need for the player to calculate there BMI so I went to the "Massive Encyclopedia Online" Which Is Kinda Irritating because I can't say the name of the site do to the rule. Anyways the formula is weight/height^2 then multiply by 703, but when I do this I get some outlandish number which is definitely not BMI. Weight is in pounds and height is in inches

BMI = Body Mass Index, btw

Anyone know a real formula for BMI?

[DustyPorViva]

BMI = (weight*703)/height²

I can't post the reference site though, PM me if you'd like to know.

[Angel_Light]

Afraid this doesnt work, I used a BMI calculator site and input this

height 6'4" = 76in
weight = 238 lbs

professional calc got this for the BMI : 28.9671052632

i tried both methods found

Method 1 : (weight/height^2) * 703 BMI got : 41828.5

graal formula

PHP Code:

(this.weight/this.height^2) * 703; 


Method 2 : (weight *703)/height^2 BMI got : 13357

graal formula

PHP Code:

(this.weight*703)/this.height^2; 


what am I doing wrong :[

[DustyPorViva]

Dunno, but I just inputted into a calculator(regular, used the formula) and got 28.96710...
Try, (this.weight*703)/(this.height^2); ?

[Angel_Light]

nope

dont know if this will help any :/

PHP Code:

 this.weight = Weight_Edit_Text.getText();
 this.height = Height_Edit_Text.getText();
 this.BMI1 = (this.weight*703)/(this.height^2);
 BMI_Text.setText("Your BMI is : " @ this.BMI1); 


[DustyPorViva]

No idea, I used the formula in a calculator myself and it worked.
Try defining the numbers in the variables yourself without the getText and such? And also, I didn't mention it, but the height must be in inches.

[Angel_Light]

yeah, I'm using 76 as inches which is 6"4' I'll in a sec

FIXED!!! Thanks Dusty for your help, I changed this.height to this.height1, I think this.height is set somewhere else but I couldn't find it :P

[DustyPorViva]

Hmm, ya, I think this.height might be predefined, I forgot all about that.

[zokemon]

this.height would be the height variable for what ever object you are in. It seems you were probably in a GUI control judging by your script so that would be the control's height

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Angel_Light

height 6'4" = 76in
weight = 238 lbs

professional calc got this for the BMI : 28.9671052632

That's not healthy, just so you know.