Re: Decimals in division

["Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How is porciva defined?



From:
"Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
01/20/2010 08:28 AM
Subject:
Decimals in division
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I tryed to calculate a discount using:

neto$ = imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100);

where neto$ and imp$ are defined as 13, 2
I expected two decimals, but instead I got an integer value in neto$.

I found a "solution" using:

neto$ = %dec(imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100): 13: 2);

Works fine, but looks more complicated than necesary.
Why the original eval did give me an integer?

TIA
Raúl