Analog readings on Arduino returns wrong values

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Published on 2010-05-17T17:01:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 17:10 UTC
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Hello

i have tried meassuring the analogpin value using the provided standard sketch in the arduino IDE. But even when there is no connection to the pin, it prints out random values. is there anything that has to be taken care of?

i have a FSR sensor connected from 5V+ to analog ping 0

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