Re: eval divide and drop decimals.

[Ken Sims <mdrg5003@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Booth -

> Secondly, Ken's solution looks too simple.

My solution is simple because the whole thing is simple.  It's just custom 
rounding with a couple extra things tossed in to do the fee calculation.

> Here's what I tried this morning and it seems to work, but it doesn't
> use the %div bif, which requires whole numbers.

Okay, if %div won't compile with non-integers (I didn't try to compile my 
code), this should work.  The key is to divide with truncation after adding 
the custom rounding factor.

fee = 4 * %int( ( amount + 499.99 ) / 500.00 )

 Amount   + 499.99   / 500.00   %int     Fee
    .00     499.99    0.99998      0     .00
    .01     500.00    1.00000      1    4.00
 500.00     999.99    1.99998      1    4.00
 500.01    1000.00    2.00000      2    8.00
1000.00    1499.99    2.99998      2    8.00
1001.00    1500.00    3.00000      3   12.00

As you can see, this handles all boundaries cases properly.

Simple, yes, but it actually works properly in a way that is clear if you 
think about it.

Ken
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